Sad news in The Times this week. Nick Arnold former curator of herpetology at the Natural History Museum died on 23 September, aged 82. An obituary in today’s edition followed the announcement from the family earlier in the week.
Well known for his work on lacertid lizards, he will be most familiar to most as the author of the Collins Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe. The 1st edition in 1978 was written with John Burton; of the 2nd edition in 2002 he was the sole author. Denys Ovenden (1922-2019) illustrated both superbly.
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| Announcement in The Times |
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| An obituary in The Times from today (6 October 2023) |
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