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Person
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Benson, Constantine Walter
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Dates of existence
1909-1982
History
Constantine Walter Benson was a British ornithologist and author of over 350 publications. He is considered the last of a line of British Colonial officials that made significant contributions to ornithology. Benson worked on the collection of birds catalogue in the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology and was one of the founders of the British Ornithologists Union