Sir Richard Southwood | |
|---|---|
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford | |
| In office 10 June 1989 – 8 February 1993 | |
| Chancellor | The Lord Jenkins of Hillhead |
| Preceded by | The Lord Neill of Bladen |
| Succeeded by | Sir Peter North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1931 |
| Died | 26 October 2005 (aged 74) |
| Awards | Linnean Medal (1988) Fellow of the Royal Society Peter Scott Memorial Award |
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Sir Thomas Richard Edmund Southwood GOM DL FRS (20 June 1931 – 26 October 2005)[1] was a British biologist, professor of zoology and vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford.[2][3] A specialist on entomology, he developed the field of insect ecology and the development of study techniques. He wrote a landmark textbook on Ecological Methods that went into numerous editions. He also was well known for developing the field of entomology through mentorship of a circle of researchers at Silwood Park.
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- ^ "Papers and correspondence of Sir Richard Southwood b.1931". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.