Joseph Bryan Nelson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British ornithologist, environmental activist and academic
Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1932
Place of Birth: Shipley, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 29-Jun-2015
Profession: ornithologist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Joseph Bryan Nelson
- For other people named Joseph Nelson, see Joseph Nelson (disambiguation); for other people named Bryan Nelson, see Brian Nelson (disambiguation) Joseph Bryan Nelson MBE FRSE (14 March 1932 – 29 June 2015) was a British ornithologist, environmental activist and academic.
- He was a prominent authority on seabirds, publishing numerous books and articles on gannets, cormorants and other species, teaching zoology at the University of Aberdeen, and conducting pioneering ornithological research in Jordan, Christmas Island and the Galápagos Islands.
- In his lifetime, Nelson was "acclaimed as the world's leading expert on the northern gannet".
- He also contributed to the creation of Christmas Island National Park, which helped to preserve the habitat of the endangered Abbott's booby.
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