Andrew Lees

Environmentalist, Deceased Person

1949 – 1994

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Who was Andrew Lees?

Andrew John Lees was a scientist, and environmentalist. He was born at Sandown Nursing Home, Great Yarmouth, the eldest of the four sons of Edward Andrew Lees, who was a Great Yarmouth Borough Councillor and Hotelier and his wife Beryl Lees. .He studied zoology, botany and philosophy at the University of Wales in Cardiff receiving an honours degree in 1971, He then spent a period working for the Nature Conservancy Council.

In 2006 Lees was placed 43rd in the UK Environment Agency's all-time list of scientists, campaigners, writers, economists and naturalists who, in its view, have done the most to save the planet. Lees was positioned between murdered Brazilian environmentalist, Dionisio Ribeiro Filho and tropical ecologist Mike Hands.

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Born
Jun 8, 1949
Profession
Education
  • University of Wales
Died
Dec 31, 1994

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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