Beryl Brewin
{{short description|New Zealand zoologist (1910–1999)}}
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| birth_name = Beryl Iris Brewin
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| fields = Ascidian zoology
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| alma_mater = University of Auckland, University of Otago
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Beryl Iris Brewin (10 September 1910 – 8 January 1999) was a New Zealand marine zoologist, specialising in ascidians (sea squirts).
Academic career
Brewin was born 10 September 1910 to parents Lucy and Frank Brewin.Birth certificate 1910/22561, held by the Department of Internal Affairs She graduated from Auckland University College in 1931 with a Bachelor of Science in botany and zoology. This was followed by an MSc in botany in 1933.{{Cite web|date=1910-01-01|title=Brewin, Beryl Iris, 1910–|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22506300|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Brewin, Beryl Iris, 1910– {{!}} Items {{!}} National Library of New Zealand {{!}} National Library of New Zealand|language=en}}
Brewin, described as a 'live wire', worked at the University of Otago Department of Zoology from 1936 to 1963.{{Cite web|last=Clarke|first=Ali|date=2016-03-27|title=Scientific women|url=https://otago150years.wordpress.com/2016/03/28/scientific-women/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=University of Otago 1869–2019|language=en|archive-date=2 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202030440/https://otago150years.wordpress.com/2016/03/28/scientific-women/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Beryl Brewin|url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/150th-anniversary/150-women-in-150-words/1918-1967/beryl-brewin/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Royal Society Te Apārangi|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124152817/https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/150th-anniversary/150-women-in-150-words/1918-1967/beryl-brewin/|url-status=live}} She had reached senior lecturer level when she retired.{{CiteQ|Q63406621}}
Brewin submitted her Doctor of Science thesis, consisting of 18 papers published between 1942 and 1957 to the University of New Zealand in 1958.{{CiteQ|Q104627173}} According to GBIF, she named more than 80 species or genera from New Zealand and Australia.{{Cite web|title=Search|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/search?q=brewin|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.gbif.org|language=en}}
In 1954, Brewin was the second woman to be appointed to the Council of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, after her colleague Marion Fyfe, also from the Department of Zoology at Otago. Brewin served four years on the council.{{Cite web|title=150 Years of Discovery|url=http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/807231/150-Years-of-Discovery/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.tiki-toki.com|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117100543/http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/807231/150-Years-of-Discovery/|url-status=live}}
Brewin retired in 1963, and left nearly half a million dollars to the University of Otago in 1999, for the purposes of providing more comfortable accommodation for marine researchers at the Portobello marine laboratory.Death certificate 1999/1210 held by Department of Internal Affairs She also bequeathed $1 million for the purchase of a research vessel, the {{convert|10|m}} RV Beryl Brewin in her honour.{{Cite web|last=Friends|first=Alumni &|title=A Legacy for Excellence|url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/alumni/donate/bequests/legacy.html|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.otago.ac.nz|language=en-nz|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024151406/https://www.otago.ac.nz/alumni/donate/bequests/legacy.html|url-status=live}}
In 2017, Brewin was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.
Selected species named by Brewin
- Leptoclinides marmoreus Brewin, 1956
- Synoicum herdmani Brewin, 1956
- Arnbackia novaezelandiae Brewin, 1950
- Aplidium maritimum Brewin, 1958
- Aplidium knoxi Brewin, 1956
- Alloeocarpa minuta Brewin, 1951
- Botryllus stewartensis Brewin, 1958
- Pseudodistoma opacum Brewin, 1950
- Pyura rugata Brewin, 1948
- Aplidium benhami Brewin, 1946
- Aplidium siphonum Brewin, 1956
- Pyura carnea Brewin, 1948
- Leptoclinides sluiteri Brewin, 1950
- Ritterella sigillinoides Brewin, 1958
- Aplidium powelli Brewin, 1958
- Amaroucium maritimum Brewin, 1958
- Distaplia taylori Brewin, 1950
Selected works
- {{CiteQ|Q89182689}}
- {{CiteQ|Q89182832}}
- {{CiteQ|Q89182884}}
- {{CiteQ|Q89182966}}
- {{CiteQ|Q89183310}}
- {{CiteQ|Q89183373}}
- {{CiteQ|Q104627162}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.gbif.org/species/search?q=brewin Species named by Brewin (listed at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility)]
- [https://bionomia.net/Q90874094 Specimens collected by Brewin, listed on Bionomia]
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Category:New Zealand women academics
Category:University of Auckland alumni