Michael Chinery (born 1938, in
London
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) is an
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naturalist.
He studied in Cambridge where he graduated in natural sciences and anthropology.
He edits ''
Cecidology'', the journal of the
British Plant Gall Society
The British Plant Gall Society is a voluntary organisation which encourages cecidology, the study of plant galls, in the British Isles. It was formed in 1985. Its biannual journal, ''Cecidology'', is edited by Michael Chinery.
Notable people ...
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Books
* ''Animals in the zoo'',
* ''Animal communities'',
* ''Britain's Plant Galls. A photographic guide'' (2011) WildGuides. Old Basing, Hampshire.
*''The Complete Amateur Naturalist'', Crescent Books, New York, 1977 ISBN 0-517-66165-9
* ''Forests'', Kingfisher, London, 1992
*''Purnell's concise Encyclopedia of Nature'',
Chinery is well known for his books on insects :
* ''Insects of Britain and Northern Europe'', 3rd edition, Collins field guide.
* ''Insects of Britain and Western Europe'', Collins Guide, 1986 (reprinted in 1991)
* ''Butterflies of Britain and Europe'', Collins Wildlife Trust Guides.
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References
1938 births
Living people
Entomologists from London
English naturalists
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