Henry Colyear Dawkins

Photograph of H.C. Dawkins

Henry Colyear Dawkins MBE (1921 – 4 May 1992) was a British forester, botanist, ecologist and statistician,[1][2][3] a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.

One of three brothers, he studied botany at Oxford, following in the footsteps of his elder brother John.[4] From 1942 he worked as a forester in the Colonial Service in Uganda. He was awarded an MBE in the 1956 New Year Honours list for "services to Uganda".[5] Later, he returned to Oxford as a lecturer, publishing several papers during his career. His 1958 paper on "The management of tropical high forest with special reference to Uganda" is considered a classic.[3]

His book, Tropical Moist Siviculture and Management: A History of Success and Failure was completed after his death by Michael Philip and published in 1998.[6]

He was the uncle of the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins[7] and his nephew's 1995 book River Out of Eden is dedicated to him.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. H. C. Dawkins MBE", Forestry, 65 (4): 479–480, 1992, doi:10.1093/forestry/65.4.479
  2. ↑ "Obituaries: Henry Colyear Dawkins" (PDF). Commonwealth Forestry Review. 71 (1): 7–8. 1992. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. 1 2 Savill, Peter (2011). Wytham Woods: Oxford's Ecological Laboratory. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19960-518-7.
  4. ↑ Dawkins, Richard (11 December 2010). "Obituaries: Lives Remembered: John Dawkins". The Independent.
  5. ↑ "No. 40669". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1955. p. 25.
  6. ↑ Dawkins, H. C.; Philip, Michael S. (1998). Tropical Moist Forest Silviculture and Management : A history of success and failure. Oxfordshire, England: CAB International. ISBN 978-0-85199-255-6.
  7. ↑ An Appetite for Wonder
  8. ↑ River Out of Eden

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