Background
Mather, Patricia was born on December 12, 1925 in Perth, Australia. Daughter of Max Kott and Lillian May Lucas.
Mather, Patricia was born on December 12, 1925 in Perth, Australia. Daughter of Max Kott and Lillian May Lucas.
Bachelor of Science, University Western Australia, Perth, 1946. Bachelor of Science with First Class Honors, University Western Australia, Perth, 1947. Master of Science, University Western Australia, Perth.
Doctor of Science, University Western Australia, Perth, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, University Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1962. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1990.
Research officer Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Sydney, Australia, 1948—1954. Research fellow University Queensland, Brisbane, 1961—1972. Senior curator Queensland Museum, 1973—1990, honorary associate, since 1991.
Member Marine Science and Technology Grants Committee, Canberra, Australia, 1986—1987, Australian Research Council, Canberra, 1988—1992, Australian Biological Resources Study Advisory Committee, Canberra, 1989—1994.
Member, honorary secretary, president Great Barrier Reef Committee, Brisbane, 1967. Member executive committee Australian Conservation Foundation, Melbourne, Australia, 1972—1973. Member advisory committee Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, 1976—1985.
Member of Linnean Society (foreign, London), Australian Coral Reef Society (life).
Married Wharton Burdett Mather, January 5, 1955 (divorced). Children: Nicholas, Stuart, Timothy.