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Dr John Berry
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1907 - 2002
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Dr John Berry was born in Edinburgh and educated at Eton and Trinity College Cambridge. After gaining a PhD at the University of St Andrews he pursued a career in zoology and biology, working for the Fishery Board of Scotland, the Biological Research Station at University College, Southampton, and the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. In the course of his work he gained an international reputation, and travelled extensively, publishing papers and articles on freshwater fisheries, hydroelectric development and ornithology. During his career he was also consultant ecologist for the Scottish Landowners' Federation, a leading member of the Scottish Marine Biology Association, the Scottish Wildlife Trust, the International Union for the Conservation of Natural Resources and the Wildfowl Research Bureau. Between 1949 and 1967 he was director of Nature Conservation in Scotland. Dr Berry also had strong links with the University of Dundee, and was awarded an honorary LL.D there in 1970, and an honorary DSc from St Andrews in 1991. Dr Berry lived at Tayfield Estate in Newport, which has been owned by the Berry family since the end of the 18th Century. He died in February 2002 at the age of 95.
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Robert Berry (22nd April 1868 - 27th February 1960)
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John Berry is the nephew of Robert Berry