The Lord Krebs | |
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Born | [3] | 11 April 1945
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Pembroke College, Oxford |
Spouse | Sarah Phibbs |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Knight Bachelor (1999) Frink Medal (1996) Fellow of the Royal Society (1984) DPhil (1970)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Ornithology Ethology[2] |
Institutions | University of Oxford NERC Food Standards Agency University of British Columbia University College of North Wales |
Thesis | A study of territorial behaviour in the Great tit Parus major L. (1970[dead link]) |
Doctoral advisor | John Michael Cullen |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 28 March 2007 Life peerage | |
John Richard Krebs, Baron Krebs, FRS (born 11 April 1945) is an English zoologist researching in the field of behavioural ecology of birds. He was the principal of Jesus College, Oxford, from 2005 until 2015.[4][5] Lord Krebs was President of the British Science Association from 2012 to 2013.