Philip Arthur Dominic Hollom (9 June 1912 – 20 June 2014) was a British
ornithologist
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.
Life
He was born in
Bickley
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, Kent, England,
['']Contemporary Authors
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.'' Volumes 15–16, Gale Research Company
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The company, formerly known as Gale Research and the Gale Gro ...
, Detroit, Michigan 1966, page 214 the second of five sons. His younger brother, Sir
Jasper Hollom
Sir Jasper Quintus Hollom (16 December 1917 – 29 August 2014) was Chief Cashier of the Bank of England 1962-66, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England 1970-80, and chair of the City Takeover Panel 1980-87.
Hollom was educated at King's School ...
, was
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According to the original charter of 27 July 1694 the Bank's affairs would be supervis ...
from 1970 to 1980, having been
Chief Cashier of the Bank of England
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from 1962 to 1966.
In March 1951 he became a member of the editorial board of
''British Birds'' magazine under the senior editorship of
Max Nicholson
Edward Max Nicholson (12 July 1904 – 26 April 2003) was a pioneering environmentalist, ornithologist and internationalist, and a founder of the World Wildlife Fund.
Early life
Max Nicholson, as he was known to all, was born in Kilternan, Ir ...
, whom he succeeded in 1960.
Nicholson, who had remained on the editorial board, and Hollom stood down in 1972 and were replaced on the board by
Ian Wallace and
Malcolm Ogilvie
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Ogilvie was a research scientist with the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust from 1960 to 1986, als ...
.
[''A history of British Birds'', Malcolm Ogilvie, James Ferguson-Lees and Richard Chandler, ''British Birds'' 100 (2007) 3-15]
Hollom was a Council member and Vice President of the
Ornithological Society of the Middle East.
He was the first chairman of the
British Birds Rarities Committee
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and was awarded the
British Trust for Ornithology
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History
Beginnings
In 1931 Max Nicholson wrote:
In the United State ...
's Tucker Medal in 1954
and the
British Ornithologists' Union
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's Union Medal "for his outstanding contribution to the BOU and to ornithology" in 1984.
He lived in
Hydestyle, Surrey, from the mid-1980s until his death.
He
turned 100 in June 2012
and died on 20 June 2014 at the age of 102.
He had been a member of the BOU for 81 years.
Hollom was survived by his daughter and two sons.
Bibliography
*''The Great Crested Grebe Enquiry 1931'' by
T. H. Harrisson and P. A. D. Hollom.
H. F. & G. Witherby (1932)
*''A field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe'' by
Roger Peterson,
Guy Mountfort
Guy Mountfort (4 December 1905 – 23 April 2003) was an English advertising executive, amateur ornithologist and conservationist. He is known for writing the pioneering ''A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe'', published in 1954 ...
, P.A.D. Hollom.
Collins
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People Surname
Given name
* Collins O. Bright (1917–?), Sierra Leonean diplomat
* Collins Chabane (1960–2015), South African Minister of Public Service and Administration
* Collins Cheboi (born 1987), Kenyan middle- ...
, 1954
**1965 edition: revised and enlarged in collaboration with
I.J. Ferguson-Lees and
D.I.M. Wallace
**1971 impression:
**2004 edition:
*''The Popular Handbook of British birds''. H. F. & G. Witherby (1952, revised 1955, 1962, 1968, 1988)
** 5th (1988) edition:
* ''Trapping Methods for Bird Ringers'' (BTO Guide No. 1) (1955)
*''The Popular Handbook of Rarer British birds''. H. F. & G. Witherby (1960) - included specially commissioned plates, by
David Reid-Henry and
Peter Scott
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*''Birds of the Middle East and North Africa''.
Poyser (1988)
Dedicated to Hollom
''Birds of the Middle East''R. F. Porter, S. Christensen, P. Schiermacker-Hansen
**1996
**2004
References
Sources
Hollom profile Copac.ac.uk; accessed 31 July 2017.
1912 births
2014 deaths
English centenarians
Men centenarians
British nature writers
British ornithologists
People from Bickley
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