Walter Baldwin Spencer
British-Australian biologist
Died when: 69 years 21 days (828 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer KCMG FRS (23 June 1860 – 14 July 1929), commonly referred to as Baldwin Spencer, was a British-Australian evolutionary biologist, anthropologist and ethnologist.
He is known for his fieldwork with Aboriginal peoples in Central Australia, contributions to the study of ethnography, and academic collaborations with Frank Gillen.
Spencer introduced the study of zoology at the University of Melbourne and held the title of Emeritus Professor until his death in 1929.
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