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New Zealand zoologist (1910–1999)

Beryl Brewin Brewin in 1963 or earlier Born Beryl Iris Brewin 10 September 1910 Died 8 January 1999(1999-01-08) (aged 88) Alma mater University of Auckland, University of Otago Scientific career Fields Ascidian zoology Institutions University of Otago Thesis Papers on the class Ascidiacea, and on other marine topics : comprising a thesis presented for the degree of D.Sc., University of New Zealand (1958)

**Beryl Iris Brewin** (10 September 1910 – 8 January 1999) was a New Zealand marine zoologist, specialising in [ascidians](/source/Ascidiacea) (sea squirts).

## Academic career

Brewin was born 10 September 1910 to parents Lucy and Frank Brewin.[1] She graduated from [Auckland University College](/source/Auckland_University_College) in 1931 with a [Bachelor of Science](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) in botany and zoology. This was followed by an MSc in botany in 1933.[2]

Brewin, described as a 'live wire', worked at the [University of Otago](/source/University_of_Otago) Department of Zoology from 1936 to 1963.[3][4] She had reached senior lecturer level when she retired.[5]

Brewin submitted her [Doctor of Science](/source/Doctor_of_Science) thesis, consisting of 18 papers published between 1942 and 1957 to the [University of New Zealand](/source/University_of_New_Zealand) in 1958.[6] According to [GBIF](/source/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility), she named more than 80 species or genera from New Zealand and Australia.[7]

In 1954, Brewin was the second woman to be appointed to the Council of the [Royal Society Te Apārangi](/source/Royal_Society_Te_Ap%C4%81rangi), after her colleague [Marion Fyfe](/source/Marion_Fyfe), also from the Department of Zoology at Otago. Brewin served four years on the council.[4][8]

Brewin retired in 1963, and left nearly half a million dollars to the University of Otago in 1999, for the purposes of providing more comfortable accommodation for marine researchers at the [Portobello marine laboratory](/source/Portobello_Marine_Laboratory).[9] She also bequeathed $1 million for the purchase of a research vessel, the 10 metres (33 ft) RV *Beryl Brewin* in her honour.[10]

In 2017, Brewin was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "[150 women in 150 words](/source/150_women_in_150_words)", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[4]

## Selected species named by Brewin

- *[Leptoclinides marmoreus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leptoclinides_marmoreus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1956

- *[Synoicum herdmani](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Synoicum_herdmani&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1956

- *[Arnbackia novaezelandiae](/source/Arnbackia_novaezelandiae)* Brewin, 1950

- *[Aplidium maritimum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aplidium_maritimum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1958

- *[Aplidium knoxi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aplidium_knoxi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1956

- *[Alloeocarpa minuta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alloeocarpa_minuta&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1951

- *[Botryllus stewartensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Botryllus_stewartensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1958

- *[Pseudodistoma opacum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pseudodistoma_opacum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1950

- *[Pyura rugata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyura_rugata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1948

- *[Aplidium benhami](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aplidium_benhami&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1946

- *[Aplidium siphonum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aplidium_siphonum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1956

- *[Pyura carnea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyura_carnea&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1948

- *[Leptoclinides sluiteri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leptoclinides_sluiteri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1950

- *[Ritterella sigillinoides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ritterella_sigillinoides&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1958

- *[Aplidium powelli](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aplidium_powelli&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1958

- *[Amaroucium maritimum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amaroucium_maritimum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1958

- *[Distaplia taylori](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Distaplia_taylori&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brewin, 1950

## Selected works

- Beryl I Brewin (1942). ["The Breeding Habits of Cryptoconchus porosus (Burrow)"](http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_72/rsnz_72_02_001790.pdf) (PDF). *[Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand](/source/Transactions_and_Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society_of_New_Zealand)*. **72**: 186–190. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1176-6166](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1176-6166). [Wikidata](/source/WDQ_(identifier)) [Q89182689](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89182689).

- Beryl I Brewin (1945). ["Some Alcyonaria of the Order Stolonifera from New Zealand Waters, with the Description of One New Species"](http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_75/rsnz_75_01_001430.pdf) (PDF). *[Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand](/source/Transactions_and_Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society_of_New_Zealand)*. **75**: 29–32. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1176-6166](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1176-6166). [Wikidata](/source/WDQ_(identifier)) [Q89182832](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89182832).

- Beryl I Brewin (1946). ["Ascidians in the Vicinity of the Portobello Marine Biological Station, Otago Harbour"](http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_76/rsnz_76_02_001150.pdf) (PDF). *[Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand](/source/Transactions_and_Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society_of_New_Zealand)*. **76**: 87–131. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1176-6166](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1176-6166). [Wikidata](/source/WDQ_(identifier)) [Q89182884](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89182884).

- Beryl I Brewin (1948). ["Ascidians of the Hauraki Gulf. Part I."](http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_77/rsnz_77_01_001460.pdf) (PDF). *[Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand](/source/Transactions_and_Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society_of_New_Zealand)*. **77**: 115–138. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1176-6166](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1176-6166). [Wikidata](/source/WDQ_(identifier)) [Q89182966](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89182966).

- Beryl I Brewin (1951). ["Seasonal Changes in Micro-plankton in the Otago Harbour during the Years 1944 and 1945"](http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_79/rsnz_79_03_008060.pdf) (PDF). *[Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand](/source/Transactions_and_Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society_of_New_Zealand)*. **79**: 614–629. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1176-6166](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1176-6166). [Wikidata](/source/WDQ_(identifier)) [Q89183310](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89183310).

- Beryl I Brewin (1953). ["Australian Ascidians of the Sub-family Holozoinae and a Review of the Sub-family"](http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_81/rsnz_81_01_001360.pdf) (PDF). *Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand*. **81**: 53–64. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0035-9181](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0035-9181). [Wikidata](/source/WDQ_(identifier)) [Q89183373](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89183373).

- Beryl Brewin (1954), *Former Professors of Zoology at the University of Otago*, Dunedin, [Wikidata](/source/WDQ_(identifier)) [Q104627162](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104627162){{[citation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Birth certificate 1910/22561, held by the Department of Internal Affairs

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Brewin, Beryl Iris, 1910–"](https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22506300). *Brewin, Beryl Iris, 1910– | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand*. 1 January 1910. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:0_3-0)** Clarke, Ali (27 March 2016). ["Scientific women"](https://otago150years.wordpress.com/2016/03/28/scientific-women/). *University of Otago 1869–2019*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180202030440/https://otago150years.wordpress.com/2016/03/28/scientific-women/) from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:1_4-2) ["Beryl Brewin"](https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/150th-anniversary/150-women-in-150-words/1918-1967/beryl-brewin/). *Royal Society Te Apārangi*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210124152817/https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/150th-anniversary/150-women-in-150-words/1918-1967/beryl-brewin/) from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Alison Clarke (2018), [*Otago: 150 years of New Zealand's first university*](https://www.otago.ac.nz/press/books/otago701901.html), [OL](/source/OL_(identifier)) [21635945W](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL21635945W), [Wikidata](/source/WDQ_(identifier)) [Q63406621](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63406621)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Beryl Brewin (1958), *Papers on the class Ascidiacea, and on other marine topics*, [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [429722620](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/429722620), [Wikidata](/source/WDQ_(identifier)) [Q104627173](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104627173)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Search"](https://www.gbif.org/species/search?q=brewin). *www.gbif.org*. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["150 Years of Discovery"](http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/807231/150-Years-of-Discovery/). *www.tiki-toki.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210117100543/http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/807231/150-Years-of-Discovery/) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Death certificate 1999/1210 held by Department of Internal Affairs

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Friends, Alumni &. ["A Legacy for Excellence"](https://www.otago.ac.nz/alumni/donate/bequests/legacy.html). *www.otago.ac.nz*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201024151406/https://www.otago.ac.nz/alumni/donate/bequests/legacy.html) from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

## External links

[Scholia](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia) has a profile for [**Beryl Brewin (Q90874094)**](https://iw.toolforge.org/scholia/Q90874094).

- [Species named by Brewin (listed at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility)](https://www.gbif.org/species/search?q=brewin)

- [Specimens collected by Brewin, listed on Bionomia](https://bionomia.net/Q90874094)

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