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Last Name Williams

Given Name John Georg

alt. Names J. G. W. ; John G. Williams ;

Marriage Philippa Gaffikin in 1945

Children one son, three daughters

Year born 1913 in Cardiff

Year died 1997

Place of death Leicester

Father's occupation school head John Lyal Williams (1890 c. - 1913 after)

Relatives Sissy Williams (1890 c. - 1913 after) (mother) ;

Education

Country of Activity South Africa

Worked for Royal Air Force ; Field guide to the birds of East and Central Africa (London 1963) ; National Museum of Wales as an ornithologist and taxidermist, and the Coryndon Museum in Nairobi, Kenya, as Curator of Birds ;

Patronage

Collaborators -> Rena Fennessy (1963 fl.) ; ornithologist and illustrator -> Norman Arthur Arlott (1947-2022) ;

Techniques ornithological drawing

Sample(s)

Archival sources http://www.nms.ac.uk/explore/stories/natural-world/jg-williams-collection/ ; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_George_Williams ;

Published sources Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 # 4415 ; Obituary: John G Williams (1913-1997) IBIS 141 pp 349.) ;

other Further Places of Activity: Kenya (Nairobi).

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