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'''Donald Ian Mackenzie Wallace''' (14 December 1933 – 4 November 2021), known as '''Ian Wallace''', '''D.I.M. Wallace''',<ref name="Top100">{{cite web|url=http://thetop100.net/the-twilight-zone/the-top-100-ipad-apps/birds-of-britain-and-ireland-pro-edition-birdguides-ltd/list/z15l236i105767.aspx|title=The Top 100 iPad Apps: Birds of Britain and Ireland (Pro Edition)|year=2010|access-date=6 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222190614/http://thetop100.net/the-twilight-zone/the-top-100-ipad-apps/birds-of-britain-and-ireland-pro-edition-birdguides-ltd/list/z15l236i105767.aspx|archive-date=22 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Musselburgh">{{cite web|url=http://www.andrewsi.freeserve.co.uk/wallace1947.htm|title=Musselburgh - Ian Wallace reminiscences 1947-51|last=Wallace|first=D.I.M.|date=31 October 1998|access-date=6 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017084750/http://www.andrewsi.freeserve.co.uk/wallace1947.htm|archive-date=17 October 2006}}</ref><ref name="WildSounds">{{cite web|url=http://www.wildsounds.com/products/1257-Beguiled-by-Birds-Ian-Wallace-on-British-Birdwatching.shtml|title=Beguiled by Birds - Ian Wallace on British Birdwatching|publisher=WildSounds|accessdate=6 August 2012}}</ref> or by his initials '''DIMW''',<ref name="Cocker-2004">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/sep/18/featuresreviews.guardianreview4|title=Review: A Bird in the Bush and Beguiled by Birds|last=Cocker|authorlink=Mark Cocker|first=Mark|date=18 September 2004|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=6 August 2012}}</ref> was a British [[birders|birder]], author and artist.
'''Donald Ian Mackenzie Wallace''' (14 December 1933 – 4 November 2021), known as '''Ian Wallace''', '''D.I.M. Wallace''',<ref name="Top100">{{cite web|url=http://thetop100.net/the-twilight-zone/the-top-100-ipad-apps/birds-of-britain-and-ireland-pro-edition-birdguides-ltd/list/z15l236i105767.aspx|title=The Top 100 iPad Apps: Birds of Britain and Ireland (Pro Edition)|year=2010|access-date=6 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222190614/http://thetop100.net/the-twilight-zone/the-top-100-ipad-apps/birds-of-britain-and-ireland-pro-edition-birdguides-ltd/list/z15l236i105767.aspx|archive-date=22 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Musselburgh">{{cite web|url=http://www.andrewsi.freeserve.co.uk/wallace1947.htm|title=Musselburgh - Ian Wallace reminiscences 1947-51|last=Wallace|first=D.I.M.|date=31 October 1998|access-date=6 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017084750/http://www.andrewsi.freeserve.co.uk/wallace1947.htm|archive-date=17 October 2006}}</ref><ref name="WildSounds">{{cite web|url=http://www.wildsounds.com/products/1257-Beguiled-by-Birds-Ian-Wallace-on-British-Birdwatching.shtml|title=Beguiled by Birds - Ian Wallace on British Birdwatching|publisher=WildSounds|accessdate=6 August 2012|archive-date=19 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719173938/http://wildsounds.com/products/1257-Beguiled-by-Birds-Ian-Wallace-on-British-Birdwatching.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> or by his initials '''DIMW''',<ref name="Cocker-2004">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/sep/18/featuresreviews.guardianreview4|title=Review: A Bird in the Bush and Beguiled by Birds|last=Cocker|authorlink=Mark Cocker|first=Mark|date=18 September 2004|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=6 August 2012}}</ref> was a British [[birders|birder]], author and artist.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==


Wallace was born on 14 December 1933 in Norfolk, England, to Scottish parents. He was educated at [[Loretto School]], near Edinburgh.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Ian Wallace, ornithologist and illustrator who with his books and articles won the affection of birdwatchers of all ages – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/11/12/ian-wallace-ornithologist-illustrator-books-articles-won-affection/|work=The Telegraph|date=12 November 2021}} {{paywall}}</ref> Early in the 1950s, he undertook [[National Service in the United Kingdom|National Service]] with the [[King's African Rifles]] in Kenya.<ref name="Telegraph" />
Wallace was born on 14 December 1933 in Norfolk, England, to Scottish parents. He was educated at [[Loretto School]], near Edinburgh.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Ian Wallace, ornithologist and illustrator who with his books and articles won the affection of birdwatchers of all ages – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/11/12/ian-wallace-ornithologist-illustrator-books-articles-won-affection/|work=The Telegraph|date=12 November 2021}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Early in the 1950s, he undertook [[National Service in the United Kingdom|National Service]] with the [[King's African Rifles]] in Kenya.<ref name="Telegraph" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
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He was described as "one of the very top ornithologists in the UK",<ref name="BOC">{{cite web|url=http://www.berksoc.org.uk/archive/2005/ian_wallace_birdwatching_before_birding.shtml|title="Bird-watching before Birding" by Ian Wallace|last=Wilson|first=Colin|date=29 July 2005|publisher=Berkshire Ornithological Club|access-date=6 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014173034/http://www.berksoc.org.uk/archive/2005/ian_wallace_birdwatching_before_birding.shtml|archive-date=14 October 2007}}</ref> "one of the great names of British bird-watching",<ref name="BerksBirds">{{cite web|url=http://www.berksbirds.co.uk/news/ianwallacebirdwatchingbeforebirding.asp|title="Bird-watching before Birding" by Ian Wallace|date=3 August 2005|accessdate=6 August 2012}}</ref> by the [[BBC]] as "a pioneer of ornithology [in the United Kingdom]",<ref name="SS-1-20" /> and by [[Mark Cocker]] as both "one of the godfathers of modern birding"<ref name="Cocker-2004" /> and "the grand old man of birds".<ref name="Cocker-2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/categories/articleitem.asp?cate=30&topic=149&item=716|title=Grumpy old men?|last=Cocker|first=Mark|date=8 February 2011|work=[[Birdwatch (magazine)|Birdwatch]]|accessdate=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821141624/http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/categories/articleitem.asp?cate=30&topic=149&item=716|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He was described as "one of the very top ornithologists in the UK",<ref name="BOC">{{cite web|url=http://www.berksoc.org.uk/archive/2005/ian_wallace_birdwatching_before_birding.shtml|title="Bird-watching before Birding" by Ian Wallace|last=Wilson|first=Colin|date=29 July 2005|publisher=Berkshire Ornithological Club|access-date=6 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014173034/http://www.berksoc.org.uk/archive/2005/ian_wallace_birdwatching_before_birding.shtml|archive-date=14 October 2007}}</ref> "one of the great names of British bird-watching",<ref name="BerksBirds">{{cite web|url=http://www.berksbirds.co.uk/news/ianwallacebirdwatchingbeforebirding.asp|title="Bird-watching before Birding" by Ian Wallace|date=3 August 2005|accessdate=6 August 2012}}</ref> by the [[BBC]] as "a pioneer of ornithology [in the United Kingdom]",<ref name="SS-1-20" /> and by [[Mark Cocker]] as both "one of the godfathers of modern birding"<ref name="Cocker-2004" /> and "the grand old man of birds".<ref name="Cocker-2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/categories/articleitem.asp?cate=30&topic=149&item=716|title=Grumpy old men?|last=Cocker|first=Mark|date=8 February 2011|work=[[Birdwatch (magazine)|Birdwatch]]|accessdate=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821141624/http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/categories/articleitem.asp?cate=30&topic=149&item=716|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Wallace lived in [[Staffordshire]]. He died on 4 November 2021, at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://markavery.info/2021/11/07/dim-wallace-1933-2021/ |title=DIM Wallace, 1933–2021 |first=Mark |last=Avery |access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://www.birdwatching.co.uk/features/articles/ian-dim-wallace-1933-2021/ Ian ‘DIM’ Wallace, 1933–2021]</ref><ref name="Telegraph" /> A five-page obituary was published in ''[[British Birds (magazine)|British Birds]].<ref name="BB-115">{{cite journal |last1=McGeehan |first1=Anthony |title=Obituaries: Ian (D. I. M.) Wallace |journal=British Birds |date=April 2022 |volume=115 |issue=4 |pages=225-229}}</ref>
Wallace lived in [[Staffordshire]]. He died on 4 November 2021, at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://markavery.info/2021/11/07/dim-wallace-1933-2021/ |title=DIM Wallace, 1933–2021 |first=Mark |last=Avery |access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://www.birdwatching.co.uk/features/articles/ian-dim-wallace-1933-2021/ Ian ‘DIM’ Wallace, 1933–2021]</ref><ref name="Telegraph" /> A five-page obituary was published in ''[[British Birds (magazine)|British Birds]].<ref name="BB-115">{{cite journal |last1=McGeehan |first1=Anthony |title=Obituaries: Ian (D. I. M.) Wallace |journal=British Birds |date=April 2022 |volume=115 |issue=4 |pages=225–229}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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Latest revision as of 22:58, 29 July 2023

D. Ian M. Wallace
Born
Donald Ian Mackenzie Wallace

(1933-12-14)14 December 1933
Norfolk, England
Died4 November 2021(2021-11-04) (aged 87)
Other names
  • Ian Wallace
  • D.I.M. Wallace
  • DIMW
Known forConcise edition (BWPC) of The Birds of the Western Palearctic

Donald Ian Mackenzie Wallace (14 December 1933 – 4 November 2021), known as Ian Wallace, D.I.M. Wallace,[1][2][3] or by his initials DIMW,[4] was a British birder, author and artist.

Early life

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Wallace was born on 14 December 1933 in Norfolk, England, to Scottish parents. He was educated at Loretto School, near Edinburgh.[5] Early in the 1950s, he undertook National Service with the King's African Rifles in Kenya.[5]

Career

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Wallace was the second chairman of the British Birds Rarities Committee[6] and was a contributing author to The Birds of the Western Palearctic.

In 1963, Wallace was among a party of birders,[7] led by Guy Mountfort[8] and including Julian Huxley,[8] George Shannon[7] and, James Ferguson-Lees,[7] that made the first ornithological expedition to Azraq in Jordan.[7] The expedition's recommendations eventually led to the creation of the Azraq Wetland Reserve and other protected areas.[9] Papers from the expedition are in the United Kingdom's National Archives.[10] He identified at least four species previously unknown in Nigeria.[11]

He was the Honorary Life President of Flamborough Ornithological Group (since 2000), and of Flamborough Bird Observatory.[12]

Wallace appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4's Saving Species, discussing his October 1960 observations of the visible migration of birds over London, on their 50th anniversary.[13]

He was described as "one of the very top ornithologists in the UK",[14] "one of the great names of British bird-watching",[15] by the BBC as "a pioneer of ornithology [in the United Kingdom]",[13] and by Mark Cocker as both "one of the godfathers of modern birding"[4] and "the grand old man of birds".[16]

Wallace lived in Staffordshire. He died on 4 November 2021, at the age of 87.[17][18][5] A five-page obituary was published in British Birds.[19]

Bibliography

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  • Discover Birds, Deutsch (1979), ISBN 0-233-97100-9
  • Birdwatching In The Seventies, Macmillan (1981), ISBN 0-333-30026-2
  • Watching birds (illustrated by Alan Harris, Ian Jackson), Usborne (1982), ISBN 0-86020-655-6
  • Birds of Prey of Britain and Europe (paintings by Ian Willis), Oxford University Press (1983). ISBN 0-19-217729-X
  • Beguiled by Birds, Christopher Helm (2004), ISBN 0-7136-6535-1 (publishers' page)

Contributions

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As illustrator

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  • Wood, J. Duncan (2003). Horace Alexander: 1889 to 1989: Birds and Binoculars. York: William Sessions Limited. ISBN 1-85072-289-7.

Significant articles

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References

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  1. ^ "The Top 100 iPad Apps: Birds of Britain and Ireland (Pro Edition)". 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. ^ Wallace, D.I.M. (31 October 1998). "Musselburgh - Ian Wallace reminiscences 1947-51". Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Beguiled by Birds - Ian Wallace on British Birdwatching". WildSounds. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  4. ^ a b Cocker, Mark (18 September 2004). "Review: A Bird in the Bush and Beguiled by Birds". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "Ian Wallace, ornithologist and illustrator who with his books and articles won the affection of birdwatchers of all ages – obituary". The Telegraph. 12 November 2021. (subscription required)
  6. ^ Dean, Alan R. (2007). "The British Birds Rarities Committee: a review of its history, publications and procedures". British Birds. 100 (3): 149–176.
  7. ^ a b c d "Slimbridge gathering for veterans of British birding". British Birds. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  8. ^ a b Dronamraju, Krishna R. (1993). If I Am to be Remembered: The Life and Work of Julian Huxley with Selected Correspondence. World Scientific. ISBN 9789810211424.
  9. ^ "Protected Areas". Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature. Jordan. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  10. ^ "Access to Archives, ref EMN/Box 5". National Archives. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Bulletin of the Nigerian Ornithological Society, Volume 6, 1969". West African Ornithological Society. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Honorary Life President". Flamborough Bird Observatory. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  13. ^ a b "Saving Species, Series 1, Episode 25". BBC Online. BBC. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  14. ^ Wilson, Colin (29 July 2005). ""Bird-watching before Birding" by Ian Wallace". Berkshire Ornithological Club. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  15. ^ ""Bird-watching before Birding" by Ian Wallace". 3 August 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  16. ^ Cocker, Mark (8 February 2011). "Grumpy old men?". Birdwatch. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  17. ^ Avery, Mark. "DIM Wallace, 1933–2021". Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  18. ^ Ian ‘DIM’ Wallace, 1933–2021
  19. ^ McGeehan, Anthony (April 2022). "Obituaries: Ian (D. I. M.) Wallace". British Birds. 115 (4): 225–229.
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