Norman W. Moore

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Norman W. Moore
Born(1923-02-24)24 February 1923
London, United Kingdom
Died21 October 2015(2015-10-21) (aged 92)
Swavesey, United Kingdom
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineZoologist
Institutions

Sir Norman Winfrid Moore, 3rd Baronet (24 February 1923 – 21 October 2015) was a British conservationist and author who worked extensively on studies of dragonflies and their habitats and was one of the first people to observe and warn of the adverse effects of

organochlorine pesticides on wildlife. The Independent described him in his obituary as one of the most influential figures in nature conservation in the second half of the 20th century.[1]

Early life and education

Moore was born in

2nd Baronet, of Hancox.[2] He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated during World War II, and then served in the Royal Artillery in the last two years of the war, reaching the rank of Lieutenant. He saw action in the Netherlands and Germany, was wounded, and became a prisoner of war.[3]

After the war he married fellow zoologist Janet Singer (in 1950) and studied for a

Bristol University, being awarded the doctorate in 1954. His PhD thesis was on agonistic behaviour
.

Career

From 1953, he was a scientific officer for the

Environmental Studies at Wye College, which was then part of the University of London. Moore is a founding member and former chairman of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG),[4] and is also a vice-president of the British Association of Nature Conservationists
.

From 1960 to 1974 he was Head of the Toxic Chemicals and Wildlife Division at

IUCN Species Survival Commission. This international group first met in 1980, and produced a world plan for dragonfly conservation in 1995, which was published in 1997.[5]

Moore contributed to two books in the

Linnean Society, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, which also made him the inaugural recipient of the Marsh Entomological Award for Insect Conservation. Moore has also received the Stamford Raffles Award from the Zoological Society of London for his "distinguished contribution to the ecology and behaviour of dragonflies".[6]
His book, "Oaks, Dragonflies and People" (2002) charted the creation of a nature reserve and dragonfly pond at his home in Cambridgeshire.

In 2003, a festschrift issue of Odonatologica, the journal of the Societas Internationalis Odonatologica, was published to mark Moore's 80th birthday.[7] This included a biography and a bibliography of his works. Several other tributes appeared around this time, including, in July 2004, a special tribute issue of the International Journal of Odonatology, titled "Guardians of the Watershed: Global Status of Dragonflies". The British Dragonfly Society administers an award in Moore's honour, called the 'Norman Moore Award Fund'.[8] In addition to this, several species of dragonflies and damselflies are named after Moore.[9]

He died on 21 October 2015 in Swavesey.[10][1][11][12][13][14]

Selected publications

  • Dragonflies (1960), with P. S. Corbet and Cynthia Longfield
  • Hedges (1974), with E. Pollard and M. D. Hooper
  • The Bird of Time – the science and politics of nature conservation (1987)
  • Dragonflies: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan (1997)
  • Oaks, Dragonflies and People (2002)

References

  1. ^ a b Marren, Peter (29 November 2015). "Norman Moore: Celebrated authority on dragonflies whose work led to reduction in the use of damaging pesticides". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. Norman Moore
    , 1st Baronet Hancox. Although Moore established his claim to the baronetcy, he did not use the title.
  3. ^ MOORE, (Sir) Norman Winfrid, Who's Who 2009, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2009
  4. ^ Norman Moore Archived 3 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The New Naturalists Online, HarperCollins. Retrieved 24 March 2012
  5. ^ Global protection of Odonata and their habitats: a tribute to Norman W. Moore[permanent dead link], Corbet, P.S., International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 7 (2004), 112
  6. ^ Biography[permanent dead link] in review of Oaks, Dragonflies and People, Ananzi Books. Retrieved 10 May 2009
  7. ^ Norman Winfrid Moore, Moore, J., Odonatologica, Journal of the Societas Internationalis Odonatologica, Volume 32, Issue 1, 2003, p. 9-18
  8. ^ Conservation and Research Grants, British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 28 May 2011
  9. ^ Examples include Drepanosticta moorei (see Drepanosticta)
  10. ^ "Norman Moore, conservationist – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  11. ^ Tucker, Anthony (28 October 2015). "Norman Moore obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  12. doi:10.1111/ibi.12352
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  13. ^ Eversham, Brian (27 October 2015). "Dr Norman Moore - a life remembered". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  14. ISSN 1476-2552
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
(of Hancox)
1959–2015 		Succeeded by
Peter Moore
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