Roy Percy Cooper (21 December 1907 – 1 October 1976) was an Australian

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and amateur

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. He was a Council member of the

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, serving as the society's President from 1960–1961 and Editor of the scientific journal ''

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'' from 1960–1962. He was also President of the Bird Observers Club from 1954–1955 and editor of its journal, the '' Australian Bird Watcher,'' from 1959–1976.

Bibliography

* Cooper, Roy P. (1967). ''Birds of a Salt-Field''. Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Ltd: Melbourne. * Cooper, Roy P. (1975). ''Wilson's Promontory National Park and Its Avifauna''. Bird Observers Club: Melbourne.

References

Australian ornithologists 1907 births 1976 deaths Australian accountants 20th-century Australian zoologists {{Australia-ornithologist-stub