Geoffrey Matthews
| Geoffrey Matthews | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 June 1923 |
| Died | 21 January 2013 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | British ornithologist and conservationist |
Geoffrey Vernon Townsend Matthews OBE FSB (1923-2013), was a British ornithologist and conservationist.[1]
Biography
Born on 16 June 1923 and educated at Bedford School and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he completed his doctorate and post-doctoral research, Geoffrey Matthews was Director of Research and Conservation, 1955-1988, and Deputy Director, 1973-1988, at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge. He was also a Professorial Fellow at Bristol University between 1970 and 1990.[2]
Professor Matthews died on 21 January 2013.[3]
References
- ↑ ‘MATTHEWS, Geoffrey Vernon Townsend’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 ; online edn, Feb 2013 accessed 18 Aug 2013
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/9838073/Geoffrey-Matthews.html
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/feb/10/geoffrey-matthews