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Colin James Pennycuick | |
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| Born | (1933-06-11)11 June 1933 Windsor, England |
| Died | 9 December 2019(2019-12-09) (aged 86) |
| Education | Merton College, Oxford,Peterhouse, Cambridge (BSc, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
| Institutions | University of Bristol |
Colin James Pennycuick FRS (11 June 1933—9 December 2019) was a British Scientist who studiedflight in birds, encompassing theoretical and practical research.[1]
He read biology atMerton College, Oxford from 1951 to 1955. During this time he enlisted in theRAF, graduating to Flying Officer in 1956. He would later exploit his pilot skills to follow and study migrating birds. He earned his PhD in the Zoology Department atCambridge University in 1962, studying theelectromechanics of frog muscles, before moving to the animal behaviour laboratory for a postdoctoral position where he studied thehoming of pigeons.
In 1964 he joined theUniversity of Bristol for the first of three periods in his research career, ending in 2015. During his career he was also associated with theUniversity of Miami andLund University.
He was elected Fellow of theRoyal Society in 1990.[1]
