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John Paget Figg-Hoblyn Ph.D (Biological science) (January 25, 1926 – June 12, 2011) was a university professor, and taxonomist. He came to public attention when a BBC documentary was broadcast about the search for him in 1994, after he had failed to claim an inheritance which included Fir Hill Manor. ==Inheritance dispute== John Figg-Hoblyn came to public attention in 1994, when the BBC broadcast a documentary about him.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Curse of Fir Hill Manor )〕 In 1965 his father had bequeathed him a 1000-acre estate and the ruins of a manor house, Fir Hill Manor, in Cornwall, England.〔 According to the Official Solicitor, John failed to take up the inheritance.〔〔 The Official Solicitor was appointed in 1972 to manage the estate for John Figg-Hoblyn in the 1970s when they lost contact with him.〔 The BBC documentary discovered Figg-Hoblyn was living in a caravan park in California, USA,〔 where he and his sister, Peggy, were following a low-key lifestyle trading in organic produce.〔 John was something of a naturalist and lived a simple life. He worked for the government as a marine biologist as well as taught at Stanford University and San Jose State University.〔 The BBC subsequently lost contact with him.〔 In 2007 the next-in-line to inherit the estate as the eldest male, John Westropp Figg-Hoblyn, put out a call to find John Paget Figg-Hoblyn before the inheritance which included Fir Hill Manor was lost.〔〔(Heir refuses to claim £5m estate ), ''Daily Telegraph'', 22 February 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2013.〕 John Paget Figg-Hoblyn died in a nursing home on 12 June 2011 at the age of 85.〔 The estate was reportedly divided between his surviving sisters, with John Westropp Figg-Hoblyn receiving a much smaller sum.〔 The Fir Hill Woods were sold to Charles Hoblyn, a distant cousin(), and the Figg-Hoblyn's are retaining an historical cottage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Paget Figg-Hoblyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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