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Person
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Southwood, Professor Sir Thomas, Richard Edmund
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Description area
Dates of existence
1931-2005
History
Southwood was a British biologist, Professor of Zoology and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. He was a specialist on entomology, he developed the field of insect ecology and the development of study techniques. He wrote a textbook on Ecological Methods. He was also well known for developing the field of entomology through mentorship of a circle of researchers at Silwood Park. He was employed in the Department of Zoology at the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research