28 Facts About Nigel Bonner

William Nigel Bonner was a British zoologist, Antarctic marine mammal specialist, author and ecologist.

Nigel Bonner headed the Life Sciences Division of the British Antarctic Survey from 1974 to 1986, and served as deputy director from 1986 to 1988.

Nigel Bonner was recognized for his research on the Antarctic fur seal of South Georgia, publishing in 1968 a highly respected monograph, which was the "first modern study of the species".

Nigel Bonner conducted the first research on the introduced reindeer that lived on South Georgia.

William Nigel Bonner, known as Nigel, was born in London in 1928.

Nigel Bonner was the child of Frederick John Bonner and Constance Emily Bonner.

Later in their lives, Nigel became a respected zoologist, and Gerald Bonner became a noted Early Church historian and scholar.

Once recovered, Nigel Bonner joined his friend on Paul Beach in the Bay of Isles, where they set up their base in a garden shed.

Nigel Bonner collected specimens from the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina.

Nigel Bonner was charged with implementing a wildlife management plan, which was intended to rescue the elephant seals.

Nigel Bonner had visited Bird Island in 1956, and was possibly the first biologist to do so since 1936.

Nigel Bonner conducted research on the introduced reindeer in South Georgia, on the Barff Peninsula of South Georgia island.

Nigel Bonner was employed at Sir John Cass College as a zoology lecturer, from 1962 through 1967, and then became the director of the Natural Environment Research Council's Seals Research Unit.

At NERC, Nigel Bonner's team researched Grey seals and Harbor seals, who were being hunted, both to protect fisheries and to harvest their skins.

Nigel Bonner assisted with drafting the Conservation of Seals Act 1970, continued in an advisory capacity, under the aegis of NERC.

Nigel Bonner was appointed as deputy director in 1986, and served in this position until his retirement in 1988.

Nigel Bonner chaired the Conservation Subcommittee of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research from 1974 to 1992, which addressed conservation issues within the Antarctic environment.

Nigel Bonner was chosen as convenor of the newly-formed Group of Specialists on Environmental Affairs and Conservation in 1989 and continued to serve in this capacity through 1992.

Nigel Bonner was appointed by the Commissioner for South Georgia, William Fullerton to supervise a team of marine engineers, who were charged with evaluating and reporting on the environmental hazards.

Funds were provided, and in 1991, Nigel Bonner organized a clean-up team, who removed 3000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil, in addition to asbestos and fibreglass insulation, lead-acid batteries and 75 tonnes of concentrated sulphuric acid.

In October 1993, Nigel Bonner presented a lecture at the Kendall Whaling Museum in Sharon, Massachusetts, about the founding of the South Georgia Museum.

Nigel Bonner met Jennifer Sachs during his studies at University College London.

Nigel Bonner suffered a heart attack on 27 August 1994 and died at his home in Godmanchester, England.

Nigel Bonner was president of the Mammal Society for two terms.

Nigel Bonner was a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, and was named to their publications committee in 1968, and continued to serve until his death in 1994.

Nigel Bonner served as editorial board member for Polar Record, Polar Biology, and Marine Mammal Science.

Nigel Bonner was a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London as well as the Institute of Biology.

Nigel Bonner was a Charter Member of The Society for Marine Mammalogy, when it was established in 1981.