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George Waterston was born on 10 April, 1911, is a British ornithologist (1911–1980). Discover George Waterston's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

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1911

George Waterston OBE FRSE FZS LLD (10 April 1911 – 30 September 1980) was a 20th-century Scottish stationer, ornithologist and conservationist.

Waterston was born in Edinburgh on 10 April 1911, the eldest of the seven children of Winifred (née Sandeman) and Robert Waterston.

His father was director of George Waterson & Sons, a long-established family firm of Edinburgh printers and stationers.

Whilst the main family lived at 10 Claremont Crescent in the northeast of the New Town, Robert and Winifred do not appear to have lived in the city.

1918

Waterston was educated at Edinburgh Academy from 1918 to 1929.

He then entered the family firm as a junior partner.

This position afforded him both wealth and free time to pursue his main hobby of ornithology.

On the death of his father and Uncle George he became Director of the company.

The Midlothian Ornithologists' Club were keen to maintain ornithological work on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth and a migratory study centre was established.

1929

He founded the Inverleith Field Club in 1929 and co-founded what was the Midlothian Ornithologists' Club now known as the Scottish Ornithologists' Club.

He was their President, Secretary, Treasurer and Honorary President at various times.

He was also one of the founders of the Scottish Arctic Club with its Waterston Arctic Library, now held by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.

He was Director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Scotland.

1934

Waterston was influenced by Ronald Lockley's work on Skokholm specifically the use of Heligoland trap which Waterston and others erected in 1934 assisted by Lockley and others.

1935

He is probably best known for his interest in Fair Isle which he first visited in 1935 as a young man.

He had great plans for the island, but these were interrupted by World War II.

The Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust was set up and founded in a POW camp.

Waterston was appointed secretary and remained so until his death.

1941

As a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, he was involved in the Battle of Crete, and was captured in 1941.

Whilst a prisoner of war, he laid plans for a bird observatory and birdwatchers' hostel, but also for other aspects of island life such as a marketing scheme for the island's products, including Fair Isle knitwear.

In addition, he, along with John Buxton, Peter Conder, John Barrett and others, conducted ornithological work in Oflag VI-B in Dössel (now part of Warburg) and Oflag VII-B prisoner-of-war camps.

Waterston was the only serving British officer to contribute a paper to a German scientific journal in wartime.

Erwin Stresemann published his paper "A survey of the birds of Crete and bird migration in the Aegean" in the Journal für Ornithologie, based on ornithological observations made on Crete during the spring of 1941.

1943

He was repatriated in October 1943.

Waterston joined James Fisher on the Agricultural Research Council's Rook Survey before rejoining the family business.

1947

He bought the island in 1947 and sold it for the same sum of money to the National Trust for Scotland in 1954.

In 1947 he married Nancy Ritchie and together they had a son, William (d. 2016), who went on to become a solicitor.

1948

He purchased Fair Isle in Shetland and founded the Bird Observatory in 1948.

1949

From 1949 to 1954 he owned the remote Scottish island, Fair Isle.

1950

Waterston was largely responsible for the protection of newly returned ospreys in the 1950s.

He organised a large team of observers who mounted a round-the-clock guard and placed barbed wire around the base of the nesting site.

1954

He sold the island to the National Trust for Scotland in 1954.

The latter continued to maintain the Observatory.

In the mid-sixties, his attention turned to Greenland and the Canadian Arctic where he joined several scientific expeditions.

1955

In 1955, Waterston was appointed half-time salaried secretary to the Scottish Ornithologists' Club but he had a vision for an ornithological centre.

1958

His marriage to Nancy was dissolved and in 1958 he married Irene Kinnear (d. 1984).

Waterston was survived by his son William.

1959

This became reality in 1959 with the purchase of 21 Regents Terrace, Edinburgh.

His energies had so broadened the field of bird protection in Scotland that a full-time RSPB Director was required – a post he held for 13 years.

1980

He died on 30 September 1980 and is buried in Humbie Parish Churchyard.