词条 | J. C. Daniel (naturalist) |
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Life and workInfluenced early in his life by Sálim Ali, he had a long association with the Bombay Natural History Society, where he served as a curator from 1950, and was then its first Director. After retirement in 1991, he was elected an Honorary Member and was also its Honorary Secretary.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} His books include The Book of Indian Reptiles and A Century of Natural History and Conservation in Developing Countries. He co-authored Indian Wildlife - Insight Guides Lion Section. He revised Ali's Book of Indian Birds for its 12th edition, published in 1996.[3] He was also executive editor of the Society's journal and the initiator of the Hornbill magazine.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} He was diagnosed with cancer and died on 23 August 2011. LegacyJ.C. Daniel is commemorated in the scientific name of species of lizard, Bronchocela danieli.[4] References1. ^{{cite web|title=J.C. Daniel: Naturalist extraordinaire|url=http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/interviews/jcdaniel.php|publisher = Sanctuary Asia Interviews|date = April 2000|accessdate=20 April 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517112223/http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/interviews/jcdaniel.php|archivedate=17 May 2008}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Daniel, J. C.}}2. ^{{cite news|title=Conservationist JC Daniel dies of cancer|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-25/mumbai/29926708_1_lung-cancer-bnhs-conservation-projects|accessdate=25 August 2011|newspaper=Times of India|date=25 August 2011}} 3. ^{{cite book|last = Ali |first = Salim |authorlink=Salim Ali (ornithologist) |author2=J. C. Daniel |title = The book of Indian Birds, Twelfth Centenary edition|year = 1983 |publisher=Bombay Natural History Society/Oxford University Press |location=New Delhi }} 4. ^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Daniel, J.C.", p. 65). 7 : People from Kanyakumari district|Indian ornithologists|Indian naturalists|1927 births|2011 deaths|20th-century Indian zoologists|Scientists from Tamil Nadu |
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