Michael Allaby

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John Michael Allaby (born September 18, 1933 in Belper , Derbyshire , England ) is a British writer and publisher of special climatic and ecological books with additional professional experience as a Royal Air Force pilot , actor and magazine editor.

Professional career

Early professions

From 1949 to 1951 Allaby was a police cadet (about "police trainee "). He then served in the Royal Air Force from 1951 to 1954 and was trained as a pilot . After leaving the Air Force, he worked as an actor from 1954 to 1964. On January 3, 1957, he married Marthe McGregor.

From 1964 to 1972 he was an editor for the charitable Soil Association in Suffolk , England, and from 1967 to 1972 he published the magazine Span . From 1970 to 1972 he was a member of the Board of Directors for Ecosystems Ltd. in Wadebridge , Cornwall , England and editor of The Ecologist ; In 1972 he became managing director.

Activity as a writer and editor

Allaby has been working as a freelance writer since 1973 .

He has published extensively on scientific subjects, particularly ecology and weather . In addition, he wrote dictionaries and encyclopedias for Macmillan Publishers and Oxford University Press .

Awards and honors

  • His book The Food Chain won second prize at the Times Educational Supplement Information Book Award in 1984 .
  • The New York Public Library selected Dangerous Weather: Hurricanes as one of their 1998 teen books.
  • He won the Aventis Junior Prize of the Royal Society Prizes for Science Books for academic books in 2001 for How the Weather Works .

Memberships

Allaby is a member of the Society for the History of Natural History , the Planetary Society , the Society of Authors , the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Association of British Science Writers .

Publications

Michael Allaby has written more than 70 books and published seven books as editor, a selection of which has been made. Some of his books have been translated into Chinese, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish.

As an author

  • The Eco-Activists , Knight (London, England), 1971.
  • The Food Chain ( André Deutsch , 1984, ISBN 0-233-97681-7 )
  • The Woodland Trust Book of British Woodlands , David & Charles (North Pomfret, VT), 1986.
  • Into Harmony with the Planet: The Delicate Balance between Industry and the Environment , Bloomsbury Publishing (London, England), 1990.
  • How the Weather Works , Reader's Digest (Pleasantville, NY), 1995.
  • ELEMENTS series
    • Air: The Nature of Atmosphere and the Climate, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1992.
    • Water: Its Global Nature, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1992.
    • Earth: Our Planet and Its Resources, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1993.
    • Fire: The Vital Source of Energy, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1993.
  • DANGEROUS WEATHER series
    • Hurricanes, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1997, 2nd edition, 2003.
    • Tornadoes, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1997, 2nd edition, illustrated by Richard Garratt, 2004.
    • Blizzards, illustrated by Richard Garratt, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1997, 2nd edition, 2004.
    • Droughts, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1998, 2nd edition, 2003.
    • Floods, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1998, 2nd edition, illustrated by Richard Garratt, 2003.
    • A Chronology of Weather, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1998, 2nd edition, illustrated by Richard Garratt, 2004.
    • Fog, Smoke, and Poisoned Rain, illustrated by Richard Garratt, Facts on File (New York, NY), 2003.
    • A Change in the Weather, illustrated by Richard Garratt, Facts on File (New York, NY), 2004.
  • BIOMES OF THE EARTH series
    • Polar Regions, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 1999.
    • Deserts, illustrated by Richard Garratt, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 1999.
    • Oceans, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 1999.
    • Wetlands, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 1999.
    • Mountains, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 1999.
    • Temperate Forests, illustrated by Richard Garratt, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 1999.
    • Tropical Forests, illustrated by Richard Garratt, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 1999.
    • Grasslands, illustrated by Richard Garratt, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 1999.
  • PLANTS-AND-PLANT-LIFE series
    • Plant Ecology, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 2001.
    • Plants Used by People, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 2001.
    • Conifers, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 2001.
    • Flowering Plants: The Monocotyledons, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 2001.
    • Flowering Plants: The Dicotyledons, Grolier Educational (Danbury, CT), 2001.
  • Michael Allaby with Marika Hanbury-Tenison, Hugh Sharman and John Seymour: The Survival Handbook: Self-Sufficiency for Everyone , Macmillan (London, England), 1975.
  • Michael Allaby with Peter Bunyard: The Politics of Self-Sufficiency , Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1980.
  • Michael Allaby with Peter Crawford: The Curious Cat , M. Joseph (London, England), 1982.

As editor

  • A Dictionary of the Environment, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1977, 4th edition published as Macmillan Dictionary of the Environment, Macmillan (London, England), 1994.
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1985.
  • (With his wife Ailsa Allaby) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1990, 3rd edition, 2003.
  • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Zoology, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1991, 3rd edition, 2003.
  • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Botany, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1992, 2nd edition published as Oxford Dictionary of Plant Sciences, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1998.
  • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ecology, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1994, 3rd edition, 2004.

Filmography

  • You Never Can Tell (1955; second waiter)
  • Doctor Who (1964; The Keys of Marinus : Larn / Ice Soldier)
  • Thursday Theater (1964; 1st episode: Gaoler)
  • Crane (1964-1965; two episodes: Doctor)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Booklist . Michael Allaby. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Allaby, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allaby, John Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Belper , Derbyshire , England