Education
One of three brothers, he studied botany at Oxford, following in the footsteps of his elder brother John.
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Henry Dawkins
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Career
From 1942 he worked as a forester in the Colonial Service in Uganda. He was awarded an Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1956 New Year Honours list for "services to Uganda". Later, he returned to Oxford as a lecturer, publishing several papers during his career.
His 1958 paper on "The management of tropical high forest with special reference to Uganda" is considered a classic.
His book, Tropical Moist Siviculture and Management: A History of Success and Failure was completed after his death by Michael Philip and published in 1998.
