Ian Rowley

Ian Cecil Robert Rowley (1926 – 29 May 2009) was an Australian ornithologist of Scottish origin.

He was born in Edinburgh and educated at Wellington College and Cambridge University.

Following service in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, he moved to Australia in 1949 and graduated in agricultural science from the University of Melbourne under the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme.

He served the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union as Editor of Emu (1990–2000).

Serventy Medal, which recognises excellence in published work on birds.