Ronald Lockley diaries

Ronald M. Lockley diaries, 1921-1948, compiled in twelve volumes.

Ronald Mathias Lockley was a conservationist and island dweller who was born in Whitchurch, Cardiff, on 8 November 1903. In 1926 he moved with his wife Doris to Skokholm Island and established the UK’s first bird observatory in 1933. He was the founder of the West Wales Field Society. Ronald Lockley wrote over fifty books and his most famous book was The Private Life Of A Rabbit, which was published in 1964. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1970 and was awarded a Medal of the British Ornithologists Union on his ninetieth birthday. He died on 12 April, 2000, in Auckland, and his ashes were scattered on Skokholm.

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Professor Martin Lockley; Golden, Colorado, USA; Donation; March 2017; 99748337402419.

Ronald Mathias Lockley was a conservationist and island dweller who was born in Whitchurch, Cardiff, on 8 November 1903. In 1926 he moved with his wife Doris to Skokholm Island and established the UK’s first bird observatory in 1933. He was the founder of the West Wales Field Society. Ronald Lockley wrote over fifty books and his most famous book was The Private Life Of A Rabbit, which was published in 1964. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1970 and was awarded a Medal of the British Ornithologists Union on his ninetieth birthday. He died on 12 April, 2000, in Auckland, and his ashes were scattered on Skokholm.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Ann Lockley, Island child: my early life on Stockholm with R. M. Lockley (Llanrwst, 2013); Douglas Martin, 'Ronald Lockley, of rabbit fame' [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/24/world/ronald-lockley-of-rabbit-fame-dies-at-96.html, viewed 21 August 2018]; Ronald Lockley obituary, The Economist, April 2000 [https://www.economist.com/obituary/2000/04/27/ronald-lockley, viewed 21 August 2018].

August 2018.

Description compiled by Ann Francis Evans.

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Letters from Ronald Lockley and his daughter, Ann Mark, relating to his life in Jersey and retirement in New Zealand, 1948-1995, are in William Condry Papers RT5/6, and remarks on bird protection by Condry and Ronald Lockley in William Condry Papers PA2/1.

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