Edward Whitley (environmentalist)

For other people named Edward Whitley, see Edward Whitley (disambiguation).

Edward John Whitley OBE is a British financial advisor and philanthropist.

Edward Whitley set up the Whitley Awards in 1993 in order to provide funding to local nature conservationists working around the world. One of the trustees of the Whitley Fund for Nature, which administers the Whitley Awards and other grants, is Sir David Attenborough.^[1] HRH The Princess Royal is Patron. Starting with an annual income of some £15,000 in 1993, the Whitley Fund for Nature is now supported by many donors, both individuals and other charitable trusts, and raises and distributes some £1 million a year. The charity has funded the work of some 180 conservation leaders working in 80 different countries. The Whitley Awards are given at a ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society, London and are unofficially known as the Green Oscars.

A member of the Greenall Whitley brewing family, Edward Whitley founded Whitley Asset Management, a privately owned investment advisory firm, in 2001.^[2] Prior to founding Whitley Asset Management, he worked at NM Rothschild Ltd and as an author.

Edward Whitley was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to wildlife conservation.^[3]

Books

The Graduates, Hamish Hamilton, 1986. ISBN 0241117887

Gerald Durrell’s Army, John Murray, 1992. ISBN 0719549493

Rogue Trader, co-authored with Nick Leeson published by Little Brown, 1996 ISBN 0316879711

Footnotes

External links

http://whitleyaward.org

A book review by Edward Whitley on David Hughes' biography of Gerald Durrell

Gerald Durrell

Institutions associated with	Durrell Wildlife Park Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust EcoHealth Alliance Wildlife Preservation Canada Mauritian Wildlife Foundation Madagascar Fauna Group Programme for Belize World Land Trust World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity as an Aid to their Survival

Species associations	Aye-aye Gorilla Mauritius kestrel Pink pigeon Pygmy hog Rockfowl St. Lucia parrot Volcano rabbit

Books authored	The Overloaded Ark Three Singles to Adventure The Bafut Beagles The New Noah The Drunken Forest My Family and Other Animals Encounters with Animals A Zoo in My Luggage The Whispering Land Island Zoo A Look at Zoos Menagerie Manor Two in the Bush The Donkey Rustlers Rosy is My Relative Birds, Beasts, and Relatives Fillets of Plaice Catch Me a Colobus Beasts in My Belfry The Talking Parcel The Stationary Ark Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons The Garden of the Gods The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium The Mockery Bird Ark on the Move The Amateur Naturalist How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist Durrell in Russia The Fantastic Flying Journey The Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure The Ark's Anniversary Keeper Toby the Tortoise Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories The Aye-Aye and I Puppy Tales The Best of Gerald Durrell

Illustrators	Ralph Thompson Edward Mortelmans Peter Barrett Graham Percy Keith West Cliff Wright

Famous TV series	Two in the Bush Catch Me a Colobus The Garden of the Gods The Stationary Ark Ark on the Move The Amateur Naturalist Ourselves and Other Animals Durrell in Russia

Durrell family	Lawrence Samuel Durrell (father) Louisa Dixie Durrell (mother) Lawrence Durrell Margaret Durrell Jacquie Durrell Lee McGeorge Durrell

Notable others	Theodore Stephanides Douglas Botting Achirimbi II

Authority control	VIAF: 84029450 ISNI: 0000 0000 6746 7765

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