Philip Hollom

Philip Arthur Dominic "Phil" Hollom (9 June 1912 – 20 June 2014) was a British ornithologist. He was born in Bickley, Kent, England.^[1][2] In March 1951 he became a member of the editorial board of British Birds magazine^[1] under the senior editorship of Max Nicholson, whom he succeeded in 1960.^[1] Nicholson, who had remained on the editorial board, and Hollom stood down in 1972 and were replaced on the board by Ian Wallace and Malcolm Ogilvie.^[3]

Hollom was a Council member and Vice President of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East.^[4] He was the first chairman of the British Birds Rarities Committee^[1] and was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology's Tucker Medal in 1954^[5] and the British Ornithologists' Union's Union Medal "for his outstanding contribution to the BOU and to ornithology" in 1984.^[5]

He lived in Hydestyle, Surrey, from the mid-1980s until his death.^[1] He turned 100 in June 2012^[6] and died on 20 June 2014 at the age of 102.^[5] He had been a member of the BOU for 81 years.^[5]

Bibliography

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• The Great Crested Grebe Enquiry 1931 by T. H. Harrisson and P. A. D. Hollom. H. F. & G. Witherby (1932)
• A field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe by Roger Peterson, Guy Mountfort, P.A.D. Hollom. Collins, 1954
  • 1965 edition: revised and enlarged in collaboration with I.J. Ferguson-Lees and D.I.M. Wallace
  • 1971 impression: ISBN 0-00-212020-8
  • 2004 edition: ISBN 978-0-00-719234-2
• The Popular Handbook of British birds. H. F. & G. Witherby (1952, revised 1955, 1962, 1968, 1988)
  • 5th (1988) edition: ISBN 0-85493-169-4
• Trapping Methods for Bird Ringers (BTO Guide No. 1) (1955)
• The Popular Handbook of Rarer British birds. H. F. & G. Witherby (1960) - included specially commissioned plates, by David Reid-Henry and Peter Scott
• Birds of the Middle East and North Africa. Poyser ISBN 0-85661-047-X (1988)

Dedicated to Hollom

• Birds of the Middle East R. F. Porter, S. Christensen, P. Schiermacker-Hansen
  • 1996 ISBN 978-0-85-6610769
  • 2004 ISBN 978-0-69-1121048

References

• entries for Hollom on Copac

1. Pitches, Adrian (June 2012). "Phil Hollom at 100". British Birds 105 (6): 342–3. ISSN 0007-0335.
2. Contemporary Authors. Volumes 15–16, Gale Research Company, Detroit, Michigan 1966, page 214
3. A history of British Birds, Malcolm Ogilvie, James Ferguson-Lees and Richard Chandler, British Birds 100 (2007) 3-15
4. OSME News, 2004
5. "Phil Hollom, 1912 - 2014". British Ornithologists' Union. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
6. "Happy 100th birthday Phil Hollom!" (Press release). British Trust for Ornithology. 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2012-07-18.