Jim Flegg
English ornithologist and writer
About Jim Flegg
Lived 1937 – 2024 (aged 87). Jim Flegg was a British ornithologist, horticulturist, television presenter, researcher and author.
James John Maitland Flegg, OBE (23 April 1937 – 7 May 2024) was a British horticulturalist, broadcaster, ornithologist and writer on bird-related matters.
Life and career Flegg was born in Hong Kong on 23 April 1937 and was a zoology graduate of Imperial College London who spent much of his subsequent professional career working in horticulture at the East Malling Research Station. He authored a number of papers on nematodes.
Flegg died at home on 7 May 2024, at the age of 87.
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Who was Jim Flegg?
English ornithologist and writer
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Jim Flegg was born on 23 April 1937 in Hong Kong.
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Jim Flegg died on 7 May 2024.
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Jim Flegg was an ornithologist, horticulturist, television presenter, researcher and author.
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