Meinertzhagen, Richard, (1878-1967), colonial administrator ornithologist

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Surname:	Meinertzhagen
Forenames:	Richard
Gender:	Male
Date:	1878-1967
History:	Ornithologist, and Army intelligence officer. Vice-President and medallist of the British Ornithologists' Union and President of the British Ornithologists' Club. Council of Royal Geographical Society, 1927-1930. Made a CBE for his services to ornithology, 1957. Honorary Associate of the British Museum.
Biography:	ODNB link for Meinertzhagen, Richard (1878-1967), colonial administrator ornithologist
References:	Who's Who; PROCAT; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275934 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P158305 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Richard Meinertzhagen

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1914-1961: British Museum (Natural History): Unofficial Archives: Correspondence of Richard Meinertzhagen (1878-1967), ornithologist	The Natural History Museum Archives, London	DF 5003
2	c1893-1956: corresp, notes and papers	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	Natural History (Tring)	See Anne Thurston, Guide to Archives and MSS Relating to Kenya and East Africa in the UK (1991)
3	1899-1965: diaries and papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4	1902-06: Kenya diary (typescript)	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc 4946
5	1928-60: corresp with FM Bailey	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur F 157	NRA 21883 Bailey
6	c1941-66: corresp with David Lack	Oxford University: Alexander Library of Ornithology		NRA 18780
7	1935-63: corresp with Sir BH Liddell Hart	King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives	KCLMA Liddell Hart B H	NRA 19291
8	1951-54: corresp with Reginald Moreau	Oxford University: Alexander Library of Ornithology		NRA 18632 Moreau
9	1945-52: corresp with Harry Philby	Oxford University: St Antony's College: Middle East Centre Archive		NRA 40827 Philby See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982