Leslie Hilton Brown

Leslie Hilton Brown OBE ( * 1917 in India; † August 6, 1980 in Karen, near Nairobi, Kenya) was a British ornithologist, agricultural scientist and ecologist. His research focus was the birds of prey.

Life and work

Brown had Scottish roots and grew up in India as well as in English Oundle, where he gained his first experience with eagles, the fishing and hiking. After completing his bachelor's degree in zoology at the University of St. Andrews in 1936, he attended courses in tropical agriculture at Cambridge and at the Imperial College of Agriculture in Trinidad. In 1940 he joined the Colonial Agricultural Service in Nigeria and in 1946 he became a Kenyan citizen. In 1956 he became Deputy Director of Agriculture and from 1960 chief agronomist, where he was responsible for the treatment of problems that have resulted from the transition of the Kenya colony to independent state. Brown has written numerous scholarly articles on African agriculture and when he retired in 1963, he was honored with the Order of the British Empire. For fourteen years he was more often consultant to the World Bank and aid agencies. He traveled a lot and was not only in the agricultural sector operates, but also as a conservationist and ornithologist. In 1973 he earned his Ph.D. at St Andrews University. Brown began his ornithological work in Kenya with pelicans and flamingos, from 1947, however, were the birds of prey, especially the eagle, his favorite object of study. 1942 Brown was elected a member of the British Ornithologists ' Union, for which he has authored numerous journal Ibis posts from 1948. In 1980 he became a corresponding member of the BOU. He was also a member of the East African Wildlife Society and President of the East African Natural History Society.

Between 1970 and his death, Brown has published over a dozen books, including Eagles (1970, German: The World of Animals: Eagle), The Bird -watcher 's Book (1974 ) and British Birds of Prey (1976). In the second half of the 1970s Brown was detained for three months in Somalia, because his plane flew over the border illegally. In 1979 he wrote the work Encounters with Nature. Brown died in August 1980 of a heart attack in November 1980, his son Charles in a car accident.

Works (selection)

  • Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World ( 2 volumes, with Dean Amadon ), 1968
  • Eagles ( German: The World of Animals: Eagle ), 1970
  • African Birds of Prey, 1970
  • The mystery of the flamingos, 1973
  • Conservation for survival: Ethiopia 's choice, 1973
  • The Bird -watcher 's Book, 1974
  • British Birds of Prey, 1976
  • Birds of the African Waterside, paintings by Réna Fennessy. Collins, London 1979, ISBN 0-00-216-079- X
  • African Fish Eagle, 1980
  • The breeding seasons of East African birds, 1980
  • Birds of Prey of the World ( German: The birds of prey of the world A colored guide for determining the order Falconiformes ( with Friedhelm Weick ) ), 1980
  • The Birds of Africa, Volume 1, ( with Emil K. Urban, Kenneth B. Newman, Martin Woodcock and Peter Hayman ), 1982 ( posthumously )
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