Correspondence of David Lack relating to the nesting season of 1957
Letters addressed to David Lack, 1957-1958, relating to his enquiry into the abnormally early nesting season of 1957.
The results of the enquiry were published in the journal British Birds in 1959 in a paper written jointly with M.J. Goodacre ('Early breeding in 1957').
Dates
- Creation: 1957-1958
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. 15276.
Shelfmark:
MS. 15276
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15276
Abstract
Correspondence of David Lack relating to the nesting season of 1957.
Biographical / Historical
David Lambert Lack (1910-1973) was a British ornithologist. He was engaged in radar research during the Second World War, using this to make important contributions to the study of bird migration, and served as director of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology in Oxford. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
No biographical information is known about M.J. Goodacre.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Correspondence of David Lack relating to the nesting season of 1957
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by EAD version by Jen Patterson and Marion Lowman
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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