Arthur Cox (ornithologist)

Arthur Henry Machell Cox
Born(1870-11-11)11 November 1870
Died1968[1]
NationalityEnglish
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationOrnithologist

Arthur Henry Machell Cox (11 November 1870 – 1968)[1] was an English ornithologist.

Cox was born in Hazelwood, Derbyshire, England, on 11 November 1870. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, before working as a teacher and then headmaster at various schools in Devon. He contributed to ornithological research in Devon, was a founding member of the Devon Bird Watching and Preservation Society in 1928 and, from its inception in 1931, a member of the Cornwall Bird Watching and Preservation Society.

At one time he lived in Yelverton.[2]

He died in 1968, by which time he had moved to Somerset.

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  2. ^ "History of Cornish Ornithology". Cornwall Bird Watching & Preservation Society. Retrieved 24 September 2017.