Ride, William David Lindsay

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
The Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia

William David Lindsay Ride (born 8 May 1926), usually credited as W. D. L. Ride, is an Australian vertebrate zoologist and paleontologist who was the chair of the committee that authored updated editions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

In 1957 Ride was appointed Director of the Western Australian Museum, in Perth, as well as a Reader in Zoology at the University of Western Australia. In 1975 he was appointed Director of the Australian Biological Resources Study, located within the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), in Canberra.

Ride worked for the CSIRO) 1974-1980. He also served as the head of the School of Applied Science, Canberra College of Advanced Education, 1982–87, and was appointed Principal of the College in 1987. Following retirement in 1987 he became a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University until 2002.

In 1984 Ride was made a Member of the Order of Australia.

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Ride & Taylor 1973.pdf|Ride, W. D. L.; Taylor, R. W. 1973. Formica maxima Moore, 1842 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed suppression under the plenary powers in accordance with article 23(a-b). Z.N.(S.)2023. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 30: 58-60.]]