Background
Jeffers, John Norman Richard was born on September 10, 1926 in Gillingham, Kent, England. Son of John Harold and Emily Matilda Alice (Robinson) Jeffers.
consultant statistical ecologist
Jeffers, John Norman Richard was born on September 10, 1926 in Gillingham, Kent, England. Son of John Harold and Emily Matilda Alice (Robinson) Jeffers.
Doctor of Science, University Lancaster, 1988. Degree (honorary), Institute Statisticians, 1953.
Research forester, Forestry Commission, 1945-1953; principal statistician, Forestry Commission, 1953-1968; director Merlewood Research Station, Nature Conservancy, 1968-1973; deputy director, Institute Terrestrial Ecology, 1973-1975; director, Institute Terrestrial Ecology, 1975-1986; director, ESE Consultants, 1986. Visiting professor U. Kent, Canterbury, since 1986, U. Newcastle, since 1986, U. Greenwich, since 1995. Research fellow Durrell Institute Ecology, since 1990.
Fellow Royal Statistical Society (past council member), Institute Biology (chairman environmental committee 1995-1999), Institute Foresters (past council member).
Married Edna May Parratt, July 26, 1951. 1 child, Ysanne.