About Geoffrey Matthews
Lived 1923 – 2013 (aged 89). Geoffrey Matthews was an ornithologist, conservation biology and united Kingdom.
Geoffrey Vernon Townsend Matthews (16 June 1923 – 21 January 2013) was a British ornithologist and conservationist.
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.
Matthews died on 21 January 2013.
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British ornithologist
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Geoffrey Matthews was born on 16 June 1923.
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Geoffrey Matthews died on 21 January 2013.
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Geoffrey Matthews was an ornithologist, conservation biology and united Kingdom.
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