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Julian Pepperell

Australian biologist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ6307455 ↗
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Julian G. Pepperell is an Australian marine biologist and author, and a leading authority on marlin, sailfish, tuna, and sharks.

He is a former president of the Australian Society for Fish Biology (1991–93) and a recipient of the Conservation Award from the International Game Fish Association (1999).

Published works

Fishes of the Open Ocean: A Natural History and Illustrated Guide (2010) ISBN 978-0-226-65539-0, shortlisted for the Science Writer Award in the 2010 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.

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“Julian Pepperell” enters the record as australian biologist. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Julian, Pepperell and Australian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6307455. VIAF identifies the subject as 59800324. The Library of Congress control number is n96094264. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991, 1999 and 2010.

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This entry incorporates text from “Julian Pepperell” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.