Norman Frederick Frome

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Sir Norman Frederick Frome CIE, DFC (1899-1982) was born in Bristol and educated at Fairfield Grammar School and at the University of Bristol. He worked in India with the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department. During this time he made studies on the birds of various parts of India and these include the oldest and most comprehensive studies of the birds of the Delhi region. He wrote extensively in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.

[edit] Publications

  • Frome,N F (1946): Birds noted in the Mahasu-Narkanda-Baghi area of the Simla Hills. JBNHS. 46(2):308-316.
  • Frome,N F (1947): The birds of Delhi and District. JBNHS. 47(2):277-300.
  • Frome,N F (1948): The birds of Delhi and District. JBNHS. 47(4):751-753.
  • Frome,N F (1945): A note on birds of the Simla foothills. JBNHS. 45(3):422-425.

[edit] References

  • Warr, F. E. 1996. Manuscripts and Drawings in the ornithology and Rothschild libraries of The Natural History Museum at Tring. BOC.