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Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO (3 March 1878 – 17 June 1967) was a British soldier, intelligence officer, and ornithologist. He had a decorated military career spanning Africa and the Middle East.
1 gen 2009 · Richard Meinertzhagen (1878— 1967), born into “wealth and position”in Victorian England, had a varied and eventful career in the British Army, in diplomacy, in exploration, and in ornithology.
- Robert L. Crawford
- 2009
Richard Meinertzhagen, who lived from 1878 to 1967, was an extraordinary Englishman of the early twentieth century: soldier, spy, diplomat, scientist and ornithologist.
Tall, handsome and charming, Richard Meinertzhagen (1878-1967) was a well-known face of the British establishment. As a war hero and ornithologist, he was befriended and trusted by many prominent figures such as Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence.
Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO (3 March 1878 – 17 June 1967) was a British soldier, intelligence officer and ornithologist. He had a decorated military career spanning Africa, where he was credited with creating and executing the infamous Haversack Ruse
19 nov 2023 · Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen was not only a soldier but also a spy and an ornithologist – a truly extraordinary figure in history. While he was initially thought to have made significant...
3 apr 2008 · The publication of Knox (1993) comprised the first focused investigation of longstanding anecdotal evidence that the ornithologist Richard Meinertzhagen had fraudulently acquired and relabelled...
