Michael Chinery
Michael Chinery , FLS , (born June 5, 1938 in London , England ) is a British naturalist and non-fiction author .
Life
Chinery is the son of Oliver John and Dorothy Chinery, née Loveday. His father was a grocer, his mother a seamstress. He graduated from the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe . 1960 graduated Chinery for Master of Arts degree in Natural Sciences and Anthropology at Jesus College of the University of Cambridge . In September 1963 he married the secretary Jillian Ann Gray. This marriage resulted in a son and twin daughters.
Chinery has been working as a freelance writer since 1965 . He published numerous animal and nature books for young people and adults, as well as television reports and nature documentaries for the BBC's radio program . Chinery is a member of the Linnean Society of London and the British Plant Gall Society, where he publishes the journal Cecidology every six months .
Awards
In 1973 the work Animal Communities received the youth book award of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture . In 1977 the book A Field Guide to the Insects of Britain and Northern Europe (translated into German as Insects of Central Europe ) was awarded the Prix Jean Dollfus of the Société entomologique de France .
Fonts
Selection of works translated into German:
- with Michael Gabb: The Life of Animals without Backbones: Foundations of Invertebrate Zoology , Low, 1966 (German: The life of invertebrates, Biology of invertebrates , Kurfürst Verlag, Cologne, undated)
- with Michael Gabb: The Life of Animals with Backbones , Low, 1966 (German: Das Leben der Vertbeltiere: Basis der Vertbeltierkunde , Kurfürst Verlag, Cologne, undated)
- with David Larkin: Patterns of Living: Foundations of Ecology , Low, 1966 (German: Welt der Wissenschaft. Die Biologische Wissenschaften. Biological balance. The basics of ecology , Kurfürst Verlag, Cologne, 1966)
- with David Larkin: Breeding and Growing , Greystone Press, 1966 (German: World of Science: Development and Reproduction - Basics of Evolution and Heredity , Kurfürst Verlag, Cologne, 1966)
- with Michael Gabb: The World of Plants: Foundations of Botany , Low, 1966 (German: Das Pflanzenreich. Basics of Botany , Kurfürst Verlag, Cologne, undated)
- Animal Communities , F. Watts, 1972 (German: communities of animals , translation: Peter Baumgartner and Lilo Baumgartner, Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna, 1972)
- A Field Guide to the Insects of Britain and Northern Europe , Collins, London, 1973 (German: Insekten Mitteleuropas. A paperback for zoologists and nature lovers , translation by Irmgard Jung and Dieter Jung, Paul Parey Verlag, Hamburg and Berlin, 1976)
- with Jane Olliver (eds.), Heather Angel, Francis Rose : The Living World , Grisewood & Dempsey, London, 1977 (German: Die Erde Leben, translation by Michael Geisthardt, Grisewood & Dempsey, London, 1977)
- First nature book for children , Tessloff Verlag, Nuremberg, 1978
- Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe , Collins, London, 1986 (German: Parey's Book of Insects , translation by Irmgard Jung and Dieter Jung, Paul Parey Verlag, Hamburg and Berlin, 1987)
literature
- Michael Chinery. Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2008. Gale In Context: Biography, accessed November 15, 2019.
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Chinery in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chinery, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British naturalist and non-fiction author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |