Monica Turner | |
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| Born | Monica Betts 1925 Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 9 October 2013 (aged 87 or 88) Oxford, England |
| Occupation | Ornithologist |
| Known for | First British woman to acquire a doctorate |
Monica Turner (1925 – 9 October 2013) was an English ornithologist who was the first woman ornithologist to acquire a doctorate in Britain, in 1952. She published under her maiden name Monica Betts. Her thesis was entitled The Availability of Food and Predation by the Genus Parus[1] and examined bird populations in the woods in Wytham Woods near Oxford and the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, under the guidance of David Lack.