Bryan Nelson (ornithologist)
Bryan Nelson | |
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| Born | Joseph Bryan Nelson 14 March 1932 Shipley, West Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 29 June 2015 (aged 83) Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews University of Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Ornithologist and academic |
| Spouse | June Nelson nee. Davison (m.1960–2015, his death) |
| Children | 2 |
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. 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.