Michael Roderick Kirkby Lambert

Background

Lambert, Michael Roderick Kirkby was born on November 3, 1941 in London. Son of Kenneth Charles and Barbara (Kirkby-Mason) Lambert.

Education

Bachelor in Botany (honorary), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1965; Bachelor in Zoology (honorary), 1966; Master of Arts, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Entomology, Birkbeck College, London, 1975; EurBiol, Birkbeck College, London, 1996.

Career

Researcher, Anti-Locust Research Center, London, 1967-1970; researcher, Center for Overseas Pest Research, London, 1970-1983; researcher, Tropical Development & Research Institute, London, 1983-1987; researcher, head pesticide management section, Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute, London, 1987-1990; researcher, senior researcher Field Ecology Resource Center, Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, England, 1990-1995; herpetologist, applied ecologist environmental science Department, University Greenwich, Chatham, England, since 1995. Honorary secretary, chairman British Herpetological Society, London, 1976-1991. Joint founder, mentor International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland, since 1980.

Executive Committee World Congress of Herpetology, 1983-1993. Member International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission African Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland, since 1993. General secretary Society Europaea Herpetologica, since 1995.

Achievements

• Michael Roderick Kirkby Lambert has been listed as a notable Herpetologist, ecologist, research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, touring continents by motorcar, general natural history, classical music.

Connections

Married Marilyn Christina Carol Smithwick, June 7, 1979 (deceased November 1994). 1 child, Katharine Elizabeth Devereux.

Father:

Kenneth Charles Lambert

Mother:

Barbara (Kirkby-Mason) Lambert

Spouse:

Marilyn Christina Carol Smithwick

child:

Katharine Elizabeth Devereux Lambert