Sir Norman Frederick Frome CIE, DFC (23 September 1899 – 28 November 1982) was an English

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

. Frome was born in

Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...

, and was educated at

Fairfield Grammar School Fairfield Grammar School was a secondary school in Bristol, England, founded in 1898 as Fairfield Secondary and Higher Grade School. It became a grammar school in 1945 and closed in 2000, to be replaced by a new comprehensive, Fairfield High Sc ...

and at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

. Frome worked in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

after joining the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department in 1923 after serving in the RAF. In 1937 he became Director of Telegraphs and in 1941 Postmaster General. During this time he made studies on the

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

s of various parts of India. These studies are the oldest and most comprehensive studies of the birds of the

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

region. He wrote extensively in the Journal of the

Bombay Natural History Society The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), founded on 15 September 1883, is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in India engaged in conservation and biodiversity research. It supports many research efforts through grants and publi ...

.Warr, F. E. 1996. Manuscripts and Drawings in the ornithology and Rothschild libraries of The Natural History Museum at Tring. BOC. He was also interested in astronomy, member of the British Astronomical Association from 28 November 1962 until his death.

Publications

* Frome,N F (1946): Birds noted in the Mahasu-Narkanda-Baghi area of the Simla Hills. JBNHS. 46(2):308-316. * Frome,N F (1947): The birds of Delhi and District. JBNHS. 47(2):277-300. * Frome,N F (1948): The birds of Delhi and District. JBNHS. 47(4):751-753. * Frome,N F (1945): A note on birds of the Simla foothills. JBNHS. 45(3):422-425.

References

External links

Catalogue of Frome's photos in the British Library
1899 births 1982 deaths English ornithologists People educated at Fairfield Grammar School Alumni of the University of Bristol 20th-century British zoologists Members of the Bombay Natural History Society {{UK-ornithologist-stub