Ivan T. Sanderson

Ivan Terence Sanderson
Born(1911-01-30)January 30, 1911
Edinburgh, Scotland
DiedFebruary 19, 1973(1973-02-19) (aged 62)
New Jersey, United States
EducationMA Botany, MA Ethnology
Cambridge University
Occupation(s)Biologist
Paranormal Writer
OrganizationSociety for the Investigation of the Unexplained
Sanderson's essay "What Pilots a UFO?" was cover-featured on the November 1957 issue of Fantastic Universe

Ivan Terence Sanderson (January 30, 1911 – February 19, 1973) was a British biologist and writer born in Edinburgh, Scotland, who became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Sanderson wrote on nature and travel, and was a frequent guest on television talk shows and variety shows of the 1950s and '60s, displaying and discussing exotic animals.

Along with Belgian-French biologist Bernard Heuvelmans, Sanderson was a founding figure of cryptozoology, or the study of unknown animals, a field critics describe as a pseudoscience and subculture. Sanderson authored material on various paranormal subjects, and also wrote fiction under the pen name Terence Roberts.