Charles Oldham (naturalist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Oldham (naturalist)

English naturalist

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1868

Place of Birth: Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Apr-1942

Profession: naturalist

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Charles Oldham (naturalist)

  • Charles Oldham (16 April 1868 – 13 April 1942) was an English naturalist who was an expert on ornithology and malacology.Oldham was born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, but grew up in Manchester, where his father, Richard Oldham, was a merchant.
  • He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and followed a career with the Commercial Union Insurance Company first in Manchester and later in London until retirement in 1927.He spent his spare time on his passion for natural history and was a well-regarded field naturalist.
  • Throughout his life he contributed notes and articles to journals and he was co-author of The Birds of Cheshire (1900) and A Practical Handbook of British Birds (1919-1924).
  • At various times he was vice-president of the Linnean Society, the Ray Society, the British Ornithologists' Union (1936–38), the British Ecological Society and the Malacological Society.
  • He was secretary of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society (1909–19) and its president from 1920 to 1922.
  • He also served on the council of the Conchological Society, the British Ornithologists’ Club and the Freshwater Biological Association. He was the first person to show evidence that black-necked grebes breed in Britain.He co-wrote articles and books on ornithology with Thomas Coward, a former schoolmate.He died in Berkhamsted age 73.

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