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
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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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1923 births
2013 deaths
People educated at Bedford School
Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
English ornithologists
British ornithologists
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