Richard Kearton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Kearton

English naturalist and photographer, 1862-1928

Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1862

Place of Birth: Great Britain, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1928

Profession: naturalist, photographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Richard Kearton FZS, FRPS (1862–1928) and Cherry Kearton (8 July 1871–27 September 1940), brothers, were a pair of British naturalists and some of the world's earliest wildlife photographers.
They developed innovative methods to photograph animals in the wild and in 1895 published the first natural history book to be entirely illustrated by wild photographs.
Kearton was a made a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, and Royal Photographic Society.
Cherry later became a wildlife and news filmmaker, and friend to Theodore Roosevelt.
The Royal Geographical Society created the Cherry Kearton Medal and Award in his honour.