1. Robert Allen Fitzwilliam Gillmor MBE was a British ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author, and editor.
14 Facts About Robert Gillmor
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Robert Gillmor was a co-founder of the Society of Wildlife Artists and was its secretary, chairman and president.
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Robert Gillmor contributed to over 100 books, and received numerous awards.
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Robert Gillmor was just 16 when his illustrations were first published, in the monthly magazine British Birds.
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Robert Gillmor taught art and craft at his old school, Leighton Park in Reading, for six years before commencing a freelance career as a wildlife artist in 1965.
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Robert Gillmor's output was enormous and in a variety of forms, line drawing watercolour, lino-cuts and silk screen.
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Robert Gillmor was a keen ornithologist, and served on council for all three of the national organisations, RSPB, British Ornithologists' Union and the British Trust for Ornithology.
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Robert Gillmor designed the first version of the RSPB's Avocet logo.
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Robert Gillmor was a long-standing member of the Reading Guild of Artists.
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Robert Gillmor was elected president in 1984 and served for two five-year periods, he served as a vice-president of the society.
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In 2011, Robert Gillmor completed lino-cuts for four sets of postage stamps for Royal Mail, with a further three sets in 2012.
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Robert Gillmor designed the British Trust for Ornithology's Dilys Breese Medal, first awarded in 2009.
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Robert Gillmor died on 8 May 2022, aged 85, following a lengthy period of ill-health.
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Robert Gillmor is survived by his wife and fellow artist, Susan, and children Emily and Thomas.