Cyril Diver

Captain Cyril Diver, C.B., C.B.E., (1892 - February 17th 1969), was the first Director-General of the Nature Conservancy. The son of Lt. Col. C. Diver and Maud Diver. Educated at Dover College and Trinity College, Oxford, after serving in in France during World War I, he became a clerk in the House of Commons.^[1] In the 1930's he performed a systematic survey of the varied ecosystems of Studland, Dorset.^[2] A keen naturalist he was especially interested in molluscan ecology and genetics. Between 2012-15, the National Trust ran a citizen science project named after Cyril - the Cyril Diver Project that was designed to carry out a comprehensive ecological survey of the Studland peninsula in a similar manner to Diver's original study.^[3]

References

1. "Captain Cyril Diver, 1892-1969". The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
2. "Cyril Diver's archive". Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
3. "The Cyril Diver Project". The National Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2016.