Ian McTaggart-Cowan | |
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Born | Edinburgh, Scotland | June 25, 1910
Died | April 18, 2010 Saanich, British Columbia, Canada | (aged 99)
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Known for | Nature documentaries |
Spouse | Joyce Racey |
Children | 2 |
Scientific career | |
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Thesis | Distribution and variation in deer (Genus Odocoileus) of the Pacific coastal region of North America (1935) |
Doctoral advisor | Joseph Grinnell |
Doctoral students | |
Other notable students | Charles Krebs |
Ian McTaggart-Cowan OC OBC FRSC (June 25, 1910 – April 18, 2010) was a Scottish-Canadian zoologist, conservationist, and television presenter. He has been called "the father of Canadian ecology".[1] He was the brother of meteorologist Patrick McTaggart-Cowan.