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Name
  
Geoffrey Matthews


Died
  
21 January 2013 (2013-01-22) (aged 89)

Occupation
  
British ornithologist and conservationist

Geoffrey Vernon Townsend Matthews OBE FSB (16 June 1923 – 21 January 2013), was a British ornithologist and conservationist.

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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.

Professor Matthews died on 21 January 2013.

Publications

  • Matthews, G. V. T. (1955). Bird navigation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
  • Matthews, G. V. T. (1968). Bird navigation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
  • Matthews, G. V. T. (1971). Vogelflug. München: Goldmann. 
  • Matthews, G. V. T. (1973). Orientation and Position-finding by Birds. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199141364. 

    • References

    Geoffrey Matthews Wikipedia
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