Ian McCalman

Iain McCalman was born in Nyasaland in 1947, and educated in Zimbabwe and Australia. He writes British, European, and Australian histories of popular science, politics, conservation, and literary cultures. His book The Reef: A passionate history (2013-14) was published in Australia, the United States, and Britain; and Delia Akeley and the Monkey was highly commended for the 2023 New South Wales Premier History Awards. He is a former President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and was Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Sydney [University] Environment Institute (2011-21). He was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia in 2007 for ‘services to history and the humanities’.