John William Brazier (23 September 1842 – 20 August 1930) was a malacologist from Australia.
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Early life
He was born to Captain John Brazier and his wife Mary nee McMillan. His father commanded whaling vessels out of Sydney, Australia, and during his voyages he collected sea shells as a hobby. His son, John, accompanied him to sea on at least one of those voyages and he too became interested in collecting sea shells.
Professional life
In 1865 John Brazier junior accompanied Julius Brenchley on the voyage of H.M.S. Curacoa to Norfolk Island, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. After several other shell collecting expeditions in Australasia he joined William John Macleay 's 1875 expedition in the Chevert to New Guinea via the Great Barrier Reef. In the early 1880s Brazier curated the shell collections at the Australian Museum and at first also the ethnological, historical and numismatic collections. By 1891 the shell collections had grown so large that Brazier curated only marine shells.
Personal life
He married first Sophia Sarah Jane, after whom he named several species of shells. She had three daughters before dying in 1882. He next married Eliza Emma Heinze, with whom he had eight children.
Works
Brazier, J. (1870). Descriptions of three new species of marine shells from the Australian coast. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870:108-110.
Brazier, J. (1875). Descriptions of ten new species of shells from the collection of Mr. Charles Coxen, of Brisbane, Queensland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875:31-34, pl. 4.
Brazier, J. (1875). [... describing fourteen new species of terrestrial, fluviatile, and marine shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands...]. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1:1-9.
Brazier, J. (1876). A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert Expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1, 151–162.
Brazier J. (1877). Description of three new species of shells, from Australia and New Guinea.Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 25-27 [26]
Brazier J. (1877). Mollusca collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 55-60.
Brazier, J. (1877) Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1, 224–240.
Brazier, J. (1877). Continuation of the Mollusca of the Chevert Expedition, with new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 1: 283-301.
Brazier, J. (1877). Continuation of the Mollusca of the Chevert Expedition. [Family Littorinidae – Family Planaxidae – Family Rissoidae]. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 362-368
Brazier, J. (1878) Continuation of the Mollusca of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 2, 368–369.