# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-southwood
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:13:14.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-southwood"
name: "Richard Southwood"
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description: "Sir Thomas Richard Edmund Southwood GOM DL FRS was a British biologist, professor of zoology and vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. A specialist on entomology, he developed the field of insect ecology and the development of study techniques. He wrote a landmark textbook on Ecological Methods that went into numerous editions. He also was well known for developing the field of entomology through mentorship of a circle of researchers at Silwood Park."
tagline: "British zoologist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1931–2005)"
gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1931-06-20"
deathDate: "2005-10-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump