Jack Vincent

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Jack Vincent (born March 6, 1904 in London , † July 3, 1999 in Pietermaritzburg , KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa ) was a British ornithologist .

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At the age of 21, Vincent moved to South Africa where he worked on two farms in the Richmond District of Natal . He returned to England in the 1920s and got a job as a bird collector at the British Museum . From the late 1920s to the early 1930s he accompanied the ornithologist Hubert Lynes on several expeditions to east, central and South Africa. In 1934 he married Mary Russell from Scotland in Cape Town . In 1937 Vincent bought a farm in the Mooi River district of Natal.

During the Second World War, Jack Vincent served as a colonel with the Natal Carbineers in East and North Africa, where he was awarded the Order of Member of the British Empire for his services . In 1942 he was transferred to the British Army in Haifa , Palestine .

In 1949 Vincent became a corresponding member of the American Ornithologists' Union and head of the Natal Parks, Game and Fish Preservation Board (Natal Parks Board for short), which would later play an important role in saving the white rhinoceros in KwaZulu-Natal. From the late 1940s to the early 1950s he was editor of "The Ostrich", the specialist journal of the South African Ornithological Society.

From 1963 to 1967 he took part in nature conservation projects of the International Council for Bird Preservation (today: BirdLife International ). For this work he was awarded the gold medal of the WWF . In 1967 he worked again for the Natal Parks Board before retiring in 1974. In 1989 his wife Mary died and Jack moved to Pietermaritzburg. 1993 awarded him the University of KwaZulu-Natal , the honorary doctorate . Vincent died in 1999 at the age of 95.

Works (selection)

  • Check List of the Birds of South Africa . 1952.
  • The Red Book: Wildlife in Danger . 1969.
  • Web of Experience: An Autobiography . 1989.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The name variant “D. Vinsent ”in GND 1125390832 ( accessed July 19, 2020) is based on the Russian translation of The Red Book : Krasnaja kniga (1976) .
personal data
SURNAME Vincent, Jack
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 1999
Place of death Pietermaritzburg , KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa