his last contribution, "Note on a new Australian Pterygotus," was printed in the Geological Magazine for May 1899. Recognition He was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1879, was elected F.R.S. in 1880, and was one of the first to receive the Hon. D.Sc. from the University of Cambridge. In 1886, he was made CMG, and in 1891 KCMG. He died in Melbourne on 16 May 1899. A species of Australian lizard, Anepischetosia maccoyi, is named in his honour. The McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research was formed in 1935 at the University of Melbourne, and emulated in the Ralph Tate Society of the University of Adelaide. McCoy's life and career was commemorated by two special issues of The Victorian Naturalist published in 2001. References Sources G. C. Fendley, 'McCoy, Sir Frederick (1817–1899)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, MUP, 1974, pp 134–136. External links Caught and Coloured: Zoological Illustrations of Colonial Victoria, Museum Victoria, Melbourne Australia Sir Frederick McCoy (1817/23-1899) Gravesite at Brighton General Cemetery (Vic) 1817 births 1899 deaths Australian paleontologists Christian creationists Irish paleontologists Fellows of the Royal Society Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Australian people of Irish descent People from County Dublin 19th-century Irish scientists 19th-century Australian scientists Museum administrators