Ian Michael Redmond

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

FZS FLS (born 11 April 1954) is a tropical field biologist and conservationist. Renowned for his work with

mountain gorillas The mountain gorilla (''Gorilla beringei beringei'') is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2018. There are two populations: One is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central/ ...

and

elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae an ...

s, Redmond has been involved in more than 50 documentaries on the subject for, among others, the

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and the

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. Redmond was also involved in the 1988 film ''

Gorillas in the Mist ''Gorillas in the Mist'' is a 1988 American drama film directed by Michael Apted and starring Sigourney Weaver as the naturalist Dian Fossey. It tells the story of her work in Rwanda with mountain gorillas and was nominated for five Academy Aw ...

'', spending some time with Sigourney Weaver so she could better understand her character. As a junior researcher, he was involved in the filming of

David Attenborough Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural histor ...

's famous encounter with a group of

mountain gorilla The mountain gorilla (''Gorilla beringei beringei'') is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2018. There are two populations: One is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central/ ...

s in Dian Fossey's sanctuary in Rwanda. He recalled the event in BBC tribute programme marking Attenborough's 90th birthday.

Early life and family

Redmond was born in

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

, moving to Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England aged five to live with his mother. It was in Beverley where his love of animals led to his becoming a member of the Beverley and Hull Naturalist Society. Redmond attended Keele University, studying

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

and Psychology. Redmond is married with twin sons, Matthew and Benjamin. He has two brothers, Tom, a French horn player, and Timothy, a conductor. He was appointed OBE in 2006. In 2011, Redmond was awarded an honorary degree from Oxford Brookes University for his conservation work.

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* http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/39Who39d-have-thought-they39d-give.1588264.jp * http://www.bornfree.org.uk/about-us/staff/campaigns-dept/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Redmond, Ian Living people 1954 births Officers of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century British biologists 21st-century British biologists Alumni of Keele University