Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Hurcomb, Cyril William
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- 1st Baron Hurcomb
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1883-1975
History
Cyril William Hurcomb was a British civil servant. He was also a keen ornithologist and conservationist, and played a key role in the 1954 Protection of Birds Act. Her served as chairman of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds' council, as president of the RSPB, and president of the West Midland Bird Club from 1960 to 1975