Richard Meinertzhagen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Meinertzhagen

British soldier, intelligence officer and ornithologist known for theft and falsification of specimens

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1878

Place of Birth: Kensington, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Jun-1967

Profession: writer, military officer, ornithologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO (3 March 1878 – 17 June 1967) was a British soldier, intelligence officer, and ornithologist.
He had a decorated military career spanning Africa, where he was credited with creating and executing the infamous Haversack Ruse.
While early biographies lionized Meinertzhagen as a master of military strategy and espionage, later works such as The Meinertzhagen Mystery present him as a fraud for fabricating stories of his feats and speculated he was also a murderer.
The discovery of stolen museum bird specimens resubmitted as original discoveries had raised serious doubts on a number of scores as to the veracity of ornithological records he claimed, as well.