Bryan Nelson (ornithologist)

Bryan Nelson
MBE FRSE
Born
Joseph Bryan Nelson

(1932-03-14)14 March 1932
Shipley, West Yorkshire, England
Died29 June 2015(2015-06-29) (aged 83)
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews
University of Oxford
Occupation(s)Ornithologist and academic
SpouseJune Nelson nee. Davison (m.1960–2015, his death)
Children2

Joseph Bryan Nelson MBE FRSE (14 March 1932 – 29 June 2015)[1] was a British ornithologist, environmental activist and academic. He was a prominent authority on seabirds, publishing numerous books and articles on gannets, cormorants and other species, teaching zoology at the University of Aberdeen, and conducting pioneering ornithological research in Jordan, Christmas Island and the Galápagos Islands.[1][2] In his lifetime, Nelson was "acclaimed as the world's leading expert on the northern gannet".[3][4] He also contributed to the creation of Christmas Island National Park, which helped to preserve the habitat of the endangered Abbott's booby.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Bryan Nelson obituary". The Guardian. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Bryan Nelson, zoologist – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Doctor Bryan Nelson: Environmental activist and ornithologist acclaimed as the world's leading expert on the Northern gannet". The Independent. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Tributes paid to Scottish Seabird Centre special adviser and gannet expert". Scottish Field Magazine. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.