Philip Hollom

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Philip (Phil) Arthur Dominic Hollom (born 1912) is a British ornithologist.

In 1951, he became a member of the editorial board of British Birds magazine under the senior editorship of Max Nicholson, whom he succeeded in 1960. Nicholson, who had remained on the editorial board, and Hollom stood down in 1972 and were replaced on the board by Ian Wallace and Malcolm Ogilvie^[1].

He was a Council member and Vice President of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East ^[2].

He was the first chairman of the British Birds Rarities Committee.

[edit] Bibliography

• The Great Crested Grebe Enquiry 1931 by T. H. Harrisson and P. A. D. Hollom. H. F. & G. Witherby (1932)
• A field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe by Roger Peterson, Guy Mountfort, P.A.D. Hollom. Collins, 1954
  • 1965 edition: revised and enlarged in collaboration with I.J. Ferguson-Lees and D.I.M. Wallace
  • 1971 impression: ISBN 0 00 212020 8
  • 2004 edition: ISBN 978-0007192342
• The Popular Handbook of British birds. H. F. & G. Witherby (1952, revised 1955, 1962, 1968, 1988)
  • 5th (1988) edition: ISBN 0-85493-169-4
• The Popular Handbook of Rarer British birds. H. F. & G. Witherby (1960) - included specially commissioned plates, by David Reid-Henry and Peter Scott
• Birds of the Middle East and North Africa. Poyser ISBN 085661047X (1988)

[edit] Dedicated to Hollom

• Birds of the Middle East R. F. Porter, S. Christensen, P. Schiermacker-Hansen, P. Schiermacker- Hansen.

[edit] References

• Copac entries for Hollom

1. ^ A history of British Birds, Malcolm Ogilvie, James Ferguson-Lees and Richard Chandler, British Birds 100 (2007) 3-15
2. ^ OSME News, 2004

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