Francis Charles Robert Jourdain

The Reverend Francis Charles Robert Jourdain M.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. , was a notable British amateur ornithologist and oologist. He was primarily known for his extensive research into the breeding biology of the birds of the Palaearctic region. He also had interests in the food of British birds and their geographical distribution and strongly encouraged detailed and accurate record keeping in local ornithology. He was a founder of the British Oological Association, which changed its name after his death to the Jourdain Society in his memory.

Jourdain was born in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, the eldest son of Rev. F. Jourdain, vicar of AshbournecumMapleton. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and ordained in 1890. Following two curacies in Suffolk he was appointed vicar of CliftonbyAshbourne in 1894. In 1914 he was appointed rector of Appleton, near AbingdononThames, where he stayed until he retired in 1925.

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