John Patrick Croxall CBE FRS (born 19 January 1946 in Birmingham) is a British biologist,[1] and was Head of Conservation Biology at the British Antarctic Survey.[2] He is Chair of Global Seabird Programme, of BirdLife International.[3]

Life

Croxall completed a PhD at the University of Auckland in 1971, on ascidian ecology, supervised by John Morton.[4] He was senior research associate in zoology, at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1972 to 1975. He won a Scientific Medal in 1984, from the Zoological Society of London.[5] He received a President’s Medal from the British Ecological Society.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/25388/John%20Patrick+CROXALL.aspx
  2. ↑ "About - British Antarctic Survey". www.antarctica.ac.uk.
  3. ↑ "Search Results for "1" – Pacific Seabird Group". www.pacificseabirdgroup.org.
  4. ↑ Croxall, John (1971). Digestive system, feeding and ecology of some New Zealand intertidal ascidians (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/772.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Winners of our President's Medal".


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