Guy Mountfort
Guy MountfortOBE(4 December 1905 – 23 April 2003) was anEnglishadvertisingexecutive, amateurornithologistandconservationist.He is known for writing the pioneeringA Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe,published in 1954.[1]
Biography[edit]
Born inLondon,Mountfort was the writer of the 1954A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe,with illustrations byRoger Tory Petersonand distribution maps byPhilip Hollom.The book was the first to provide a portable, accurate, illustrated guide to essentially all birds likely to be seen in Britain, and its design influenced all subsequent field guides.[2]
In 1961, he created theWorld Wide Fund for Nature(back then the World Wildlife Fund) withVictor Stolan,Sir Julian Huxley,Sir Peter ScottandMax Nicholson.In 1956, he led an expedition to the Coto Donana with the resulting Book Portrait of a Wilderness illustrated by Eric Hosking. In 1963, he led a party of naturalists[3]and including Huxley,[3]George Shannon[4]James Ferguson-Lees[4]andD. Ian M. Wallace[4]which made the first ornithological expedition toAzraqin Jordan.[4]The expedition's recommendations eventually led to the creation of theAzraq Wetland Reserveand other protected areas.[5]Papers from the expedition are in the United Kingdom'sNational Archives.[6]He was appointed an OBE in 1970, for services to ornithology. In 1972, he led the campaign to save theBengal tiger,persuadingIndira Gandhito create nine tiger reserves inIndia,with eight others inNepalandBangladesh.
Bibliography[edit]
- The Hawfinch(1957)New Naturalist MonographNo.15.Collins:London.
- Portrait of a Wilderness: The story of the Coto Doñana Expeditions(1958)Hutchinson:London.
- 2nd edition (1968)David & Charles:Newton Abbott.ISBN0-7153-4284-3
- Portrait of a River: the wildlife of the Danube from the Black Sea to Budapest(1962) Hutchinson: London.
- Portrait of a Desert: the story of an expedition to Jordan(1965) Collins: London.
- The Vanishing Jungle: the story of the World Wildlife Fund Expeditions to Pakistan(1969) Collins: London.
- Tigers(1973) David & Charles: Newton Abbott.ISBN0-7153-6283-6
- So Small a World(1974) Hutchinson: London.ISBN0-09-120590-5
- Back from the Brink – Successes in wildlife conservation(1978)Hutchinson:London.ISBN0-09-132710-5
- Saving the Tiger(1981)Michael Joseph:London.ISBN0-7181-1991-6
- A field guide to the birds of Britain and EuropebyRoger Peterson,Guy Mountfort,P.A.D. Hollom.Collins,1954
- 1965 edition: revised and enlarged in collaboration withI.J. Ferguson-LeesandD.I.M. Wallace
- 1971 impression:ISBN0-00-212020-8
- 2004 edition:ISBN978-0-00-719234-2
- With aforewordbySir Peter Scott
- Dedicated: "For Anna, Paul, Oliver and Stephen, who one day will know why Grandpa thought the protection of wildlife so important for their future."
- Wild India – The Wildlife and Landscapes of Indiaby Guy Mountfort, Hashim Tyabji and Gerald Cubitt, New Holland Publishers – 2007 – 3rd Edition:ISBN978-1-84537-923-0
References[edit]
- ^Paul Lewis (3 May 2003)."Guy Mountfort, 97, Briton Who Helped Found Wildlife Fund".The New York Times.p. A 17.Retrieved2 August2021.
- ^Moss, Stephen (2005).A Bird in the Bush.Aurum. pp. 204–206.
- ^abDronamraju, Krishna R. (1993).If I Am to be Remembered: The Life and Work of Julian Huxley with Selected Correspondence.World Scientific.ISBN9789810211424.
- ^abcd"Slimbridge gathering for veterans of British birding".British Birds.19 April 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2013.Retrieved6 August2012.
- ^"Protected Areas".Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature. Jordan.Archived fromthe originalon 30 July 2013.Retrieved6 August2012.
- ^"Access to Archives, ref EMN/Box 5".National Archives.Retrieved6 August2012.
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