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Austin E. Lamberts, Samoa, April-August 1969

Austin E. Lamberts (1914-2006) was a physician who served as a flight surgeon during WWII. After an accident paralyzed his hand he studied marine zoology in the University of Hawaii. He then traveled the globe extensively, becoming a world expert on coral taxonomy, pioneering new techniques in electron microscopy, reclassifying Pacific coral and discovering several new coral species. Throughout his 70's and well into his 80's, Austin also worked as a medical missionary, traveling to Nigeria, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Panama, Haiti, Tanzania, Cambodia, Thailand, Rwanda, and the South Pacific.This fie…