Background
WORTHINGTON, Edgar was born on January 13, 1905 in London. Son of Edgar Worthington and Amy Beale.
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Edgar Barton WORTHINGTON
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Rugby School, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Career
Leader Expedition to East. African Lakes. Demonstrator in Zoology Cambridge University 1933-1937. Scientist for African Research Survey 1934-1937.
Director Freshwater Biological Association of British Empire 1937-1946.
Scientific Adviser Middle East Supply Council 1943-1945. Development Adviser, Uganda 1946.
Scientific Secretary Colonial Research Council 1946-1949. Seconded as Scientific Secretary East. Africa High Commission 1947-1951.
Secretary-General Scientific Council for Africa South of the Sahara 1951-1955.
Deputy Director-General (Scientific) Nature Conservancy, London 1956-1965. Scientific Director! of Institute Biological Programme 1965-1975.
Membership
Institute Union for Conservation of Nature 1978.
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Married 1st Stella Johnson in 1930 (died in 1978), three daughter. Married 2nd Harriett Stockton in 1980.
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British