Donald Thomson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Donald Thomson

Australian anthropologist and ornithologist and Indigenous rights campaigner

Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1901

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 12-May-1970

Profession: performing artist, ornithologist, anthropologist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Donald Finlay Fergusson Thomson, OBE (26 June 1901 – 12 May 1970) was an Australian anthropologist and ornithologist who was largely responsible for turning the Caledon Bay crisis into a "decisive moment in the history of Aboriginal-European relations".
He is remembered as a friend of the Yolngu people, and as a champion of understanding, by non-Indigenous Australians, of the culture and society of Indigenous Australians.