Arnold Whitworth Boyd MC, MA, FZS,

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, MBOU (20 January 1885 – 16 October 1959) was an

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and

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from

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, England. Boyd was born on 20 January 1885. He was a long-time contributor to ''

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'' 's " Country Diary" column, taking over a slot from his friend Thomas Coward in 1933, on the latter's death. In 1950, he revised Coward's ''The Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs'' for a new edition. Boyd was uncle to James Fisher, who also became a leading ornithologist and

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writer and broadcaster. Following Fisher's death, many of Boyd's diaries, other papers and related material were acquired by

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. He made occasional radio appearances, such as a 1936 episode of ''My Week-End out of Doors'' on 'Cheshire Meres', and a 1957 ''

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'' episode on

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s, edited and introduced by his nephew James and produced by

Winwood Reade William Winwood Reade (26 December 1838 – 24 April 1875) was a British historian, explorer, novelist and philosopher. His two best-known books, the universal history ''The Martyrdom of Man'' (1872) and the novel ''The Outcast'' (1875), were i ...

. Boyd died in Northwich, Cheshire on 16 October 1959.

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