Alan John (Jock) Marshall (1911-1967) was an Australian author, academic and ornithologist. Despite having lost an arm in a shooting accident at the age of sixteen, he was active in several natural history expeditions had a distinguished war service record in New Guinea 1941-1945. He was Reader in zoology and comparative anatomy at St Bartholomew's Medical College, University of London, 1949-1960, and foundation professor of zoology and comparative physiology, then dean of science, at Monash University 1960-1967. He was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1958. As well as numerous scientific papers, his published books include:
- Marshall, Alan John. (1937). The Black Musketeers. The Work and Adventures of a Scientist on a South Sea Island at War and in Peace. William Heinemann: London.
- Marshall, Alan John. (1938). The Men and Birds of Paradise. Journeys through Equatorial New Guinea. William Heinemann: London.
- Marshall, Alan John. (1954). Bower-birds, their displays and breeding cycles. A preliminary statement. Clarendon Press: Oxford, U.K.
- Marshall, Alan John. (1970). Darwin and Huxley in Australia. Hodder & Stoughton: Sydney.
- Marshall, Alan John. (Ed). (1966). The Great Extermination. A guide to Anglo-Australian cupidity, wickedness and waste. Heinemann: Melbourne.
- Marshall, Alan John; & Drysdale, Russell. (1966). Journey Among Men. Sun Books: Melbourne.
References
- Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3
