Frank W. Preston, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frank W. Preston

English-American engineer, ecologist, and conservationist

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1896

Place of Birth: Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Mar-1989

Profession: civil engineer, ecologist, conservationist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Frank W.
Preston (June 14, 1896 – March 1, 1989) was an English-American engineer, ecologist, and conservationist.
He helped found the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and worked to reclaim the land that is now Moraine State Park in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Preston was a leading expert in glass technology.
He studied birds throughout his life and published papers on the shapes and pigmentation of birds eggs, the distribution of the heights of their nests and their migration patterns.
Preston also wrote three major papers on the mathematical characteristics of ecological rarity and commonness.