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British ecologist (1938–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the costume designer and illustrator, see Gordon Conway (costume designer).
Sir Gordon Richard Conway KCMG FRS FRGS FREng (6 July 1938 – 30 July 2023) was a British agricultural ecologist, who served as the president of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Royal Geographical Society. He was latterly Professor of International Development at Imperial College, London and Director of Agriculture for Impact, a grant funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which focuses on European support of agricultural development in Africa.
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Born | Gordon Richard Conway (1938-07-06)6 July 1938 Birmingham, England |
Died | 30 July 2023(2023-07-30) (aged 85) |
Alma mater | Bangor University Cambridge University University of the West Indies University of California, Davis |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (2004) KCMG (2005) Founder's Medal (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Agricultural Ecology |
Institutions | Imperial College London University of California, Davis The Rockefeller Foundation |
Thesis | A Basic Model of Insect Reproduction and its Implications for Pest Control (1969) |
Website | www3 |
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