Ian Swingland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ian Swingland

British botanist

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1946

Place of Birth: Barnet, England, United Kingdom

Profession: biologist, botanist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ian Richard Swingland (born 2 November 1946) is a British conservationist, convicted in 2017 of conspiring to commit fraud by false representation.
He founded DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology) at the University of Kent in 1989, recognised as one of the first interdisciplinary research and postgraduate training institutes in the world concentrating on biodiversity, communities and sustainable development.
While at DICE he served as director and was elected to the first chair in Conservation Biology in the United Kingdom.