The Witherby Memorial Lecture is an academic lectureship awarded by the

British Trust for Ornithology The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is an organisation founded in 1932 for the study of birds in the British Isles. The Prince of Wales has been patron since October 2020. History Beginnings In 1931 Max Nicholson wrote: In the United State ...

(BTO) annually since 1968. The memorial lecture is in memorandum of

Harry Forbes Witherby Harry Forbes Witherby, MBE, FZS, MBOU (7 October 1873 – 11 December 1943) was a noted British ornithologist, author, publisher and founding editor (in 1907) of the magazine ''British Birds''. Personal life Harry was the second surviving so ...

, a former owner of Witherby, who previously published

ornithological 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 ...

books.

Lectures

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{{reflist Biology education in the United Kingdom British lecture series British Trust for Ornithology Ornithology lists 1968 establishments in the United Kingdom Recurring events established in 1968