John Parslow

Parslow was born on 10 July 1935 in London, and, after wartime evacuation to Cornwall, was educated at Chingford Grammar School.[1] He undertook National Service at RAF Bawdsey, as a radar operator, from which he was demobbed in 1952.[1] After work in the Bird Room of the British Museum, he joined the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology in 1959, as assistant to David Lack.[1] he moved to the Nature Conservancy Council's Monks Wood Experimental Station in 1967 to work as an information scientist, investigating the effects of pesticides on the food chain of birds.[1] He died at home on 23 October 2015,[1][4] and was buried at the Arbory Trust Woodland Burial Ground in Barton, Cambridgeshire.
John Parslow (British Army officer)OrnithologistRoyal Air ForceBritish MuseumEdward Grey Institute of Field OrnithologyMonks Wood Experimental Stationwartime evacuationCornwallChingford Grammar SchoolNational ServiceRAF BawdseyDavid LackNature Conservancy Councilinformation scientistpesticidesfood chainbird observatorySt. AgnesBritish BirdsBarton