Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald

Who is Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald?

Brian Seymour Vesey-Fitzgerald was a naturalist and writer of books on wildlife, cats, and dogs.

Vesey-Fitzgerald began his career as a journalist with Reuters. He then became the naturalist on the staff of The Field magazine, becoming editor from 1938 to 1946. He then devoted his time to writing and broadcasting. Apart from wildlife, cats and dogs, he had particular interest in the countryside in general, gypsies, fairgrounds and boxing. He showed sympathy with both poachers and gamekeepers. He was the author of British Game. He wrote a weekly column about cats and dogs in the News of the World. His radio broadcasts about country life included Field Fare and There and Back. He was an acknowledged authority on gypsies, and was President of the British Fairground Society. He was a member of the National Cat Club and honorary Vice-President of the Siamese Cat Club of South Africa. He was editor of the 31 volume series The Regional Books which were published during the 1950s.