Michael Chinery (born 1938, in
London
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) is an
English naturalist
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.
He studied in Cambridge where he graduated in natural sciences and anthropology.
He edits ''
Cecidology'', the journal of the
British Plant Gall Society
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.
Books
*''Animals & Plants of Britain & Europe" (1991)
* ''Animals in the zoo'',
* ''Animal communities'',
* ''Britain's Plant Galls. A photographic guide'' (2011) WildGuides. Old Basing, Hampshire.
*''The Complete Amateur Naturalist'', Crescent Books, New York, 1977 ISBN 0-517-66165-9
* ''Forests'', Kingfisher, London, 1992
*''Purnell's concise Encyclopedia of Nature'',
Chinery is well known for his books on insects :
* ''Insects of Britain and Northern Europe'', 3rd edition, Collins field guide.
* ''Insects of Britain and Western Europe'', Collins Guide, 1986 (reprinted in 1991)
* ''Butterflies of Britain and Europe'', Collins Wildlife Trust Guides.
Michael Chinery on www.jacketflap.com
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References
1938 births
Living people
Entomologists from London
English naturalists
Cecidologists
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