William Brunsdon Yapp

William Brunsdon Yapp
Born	1909
Died	1990
Fields	Zoology, Ornithology
Institutions	University of Birmingham
Known for	Books

William Brunsdon Yapp (1909–1990) was a zoologist and author. He lectured in zoology at the University of Birmingham. In 1957, he gave his address as Stourbridge;^[1] and in 1961, as an unspecified "Church End".^[2]

He was, for a time, Chairman of the research committee of the West Midland Bird Club.^[3]

Bibliography

• Yapp, William Brunsdon (1953). The High-Level Woodlands of the English Lake District. [With plates.]
• Bourne, Geoffrey Howard; Yapp, William Brunsdon (1957). The Biology of Ageing ... Edited by W. B. Yapp and G. H. Bourne. London,. pp. xiv. 128. 8º.
• Yapp, William Brunsdon; Watson, Donald John (1958). The Biological productivity of Britain. London,: Institute of Biology,. pp. xii, 126 p. illus., map. 23 cm.
• Yapp, W. B. (William Brunsdon) (1962). Birds and woods. London: Oxford University Press,. p. 308.
• Yapp, W. B. (William Brunsdon) (1962). Leland's 'Firres'. pp. 407–409.
• Borradaile, Lancelot Alexander; William Brunsdon YAPP (1963). Borradaile's Manual of Elementary Zoology. Revised by W. B. Yapp ... Fourteenth edition. [With illustrations.] London :: Oxford University Press,. pp. x. 780. 8º.
  • Some preceding editions were also revised by Yapp
• Yapp, W. B. (William Brunsdon) (1965). Vertebrates their structure and life. New York :: Oxford University Press,. pp. vii, 525p, 8 col. plates : ill. ; 24cm.
• Yapp, W. B. (William Brunsdon) (1969). The weekend motorist in the Lake District. London :: H.M.S.O,. pp. iv, 31 p., 4 plates : illus., forms, maps ; 25 cm. ISBN 0-11-700481-2.
• Yapp, W. B. (William Brunsdon) (1970). An introduction to animal physiology (3rd ed.). Oxford :: Clarendon,. pp. xvii, 349 p., 2 plates. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN 0-19-854111-2.
• Yapp, William Brunsdon (1981). Birds in medieval manuscripts. London :: British Library,. pp. 190p : ill.(some col.) ; 22x24 cm. ISBN 0-904654-54-0.
• Yapp, William Brunsdon (1987). Animals in medieval art The Bayeux tapestry as an example. Amsterdam,. pp. 15–73 : ill ; cm.

Notable papers

• William Brunsdon Yapp, The illustrations of birds in the Vatican manuscript of "De arte venandi cum avibus" of Frederick II, in “Annals of science: the history of science and technology”, 40(1983), pp. 597–634.
• Yapp, W. B. (1969). "The bird population of an oak woodland (Wyre Forest) over eighteen years.". Shropshire Ornithological Society.

References

1. Borradaile, L. A. (Lancelot Alexander); Brunsdon Yapp (1958). Borradaile's Manual of elementary zoology. (13th ed. / revised by W.B. Yapp. ed.). London, New York :: Oxford University Press,. pp. 769 p : illus ; 23 cm.
2. Yapp, W. B. (William Brunsdon) (1962). Birds and woods. London ;: Oxford University Press,. pp. 308p : ill. ; 23 cm.
3. Norris, C.A. (September 1960). "The Breeding Distribution of Thirty Bird Species in 1952". Bird Study 7 (3): 129–184. doi:10.1080/00063656009475969. Retrieved 2010-02-13.