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John Veron (John Edward Norwood Veron) was born on 1945 in Sydney, Australia, is an Australian marine biologist. Discover John Veron's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?
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John Edward Norwood Veron |
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79 years old |
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1945 |
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1945 |
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Sydney, Australia |
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Australia
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John Veron Height, Weight & Measurements
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John Veron Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is John Veron worth at the age of 79 years old? John Veron’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Australia. We have estimated John Veron's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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John Edward Norwood Veron (born 1945), credited in research as J. E. N. Veron, and in other writing as Charlie Veron, is an Australian biologist, taxonomist, and specialist in the study of corals and reefs.
He is believed to have discovered more than 20% of the world's coral species.
John Edward Norwood Veron (known as "Charlie" due to his interest in the natural sciences at school) was born in 1945 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
He attended Barker College in Sydney.
He won a Commonwealth scholarship as a gifted student and went on study at the University of New England.
His main interests were in the natural world, especially marine life.
He participated in the scuba club while at university.
His honours thesis was on the behaviour of gliding possums.
with a study on the temperature regulation of lizards.
He credited "Red" Gilmartin and John W. Wells from Cornell University as key figures in clarifying his interest in taxonomy in the 1970s.
Veron named about 20% of reef corals and built a taxonomic framework for corals that is used throughout the world.
He founded the Orpheus Island Marine Station.
He discovered and delineated the Coral Triangle.
He introduced the concept of reticulate evolution to the marine world.
He has many professional awards, including:
Veron has written many books and monographs about corals and coral reefs, including:
Veron completed his PhD with a study on the neurophysiology of dragonflies, awarded in 1971.
After completing his PhD, Veron was offered a postdoctoral position at James Cook University to study corals.
He was the first full-time researcher on the Great Barrier Reef (1972) and the first scientist employed by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (1974).
He participated in 67 expeditions to all the major reef provinces in the world.
Since 2008 he together with colleagues have been producing an open access website about coral taxonomy, biogeography and identification, Corals of The World (www.coralsoftheworld.org).
The website includes a mapping program called Coral Geographic and an identification program called CoralID.
He has campaigned extensively on climate change, mass bleaching of coral reefs, ocean acidification and related environmental issues.
In 2009, Sir David Attenborough introduced Veron's lecture to the Royal Society.
He was featured in the 2017 documentary Chasing Coral.
A sculpture of Veron, called "The Godfather of Coral", was created by Jason deCaires Taylor for the Museum of Underwater Art as part of the Ocean Sentinels above the surface exhibition in 2022.
