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Jonathan Elphick is a natural history author, editor and consultant. He is an eminent ornithologist, a qualified zoologist; Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. He is author of ''The Birdwatcher's Handbook: A Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland'';〔''The Birdwatchers Handbook – A Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland, Elphick J. pub. by BBC Worldwide, with illustrations by Richard Allen, Robert Gillmor, Ren Hathway, Peter Hayman, David Quinn, Owen Williams, Martin Woodcock and Colin Woolf.〕 ''Birds: The Art of Ornithology''〔''The Art of Ornithology'', Elphick J. Published Rizzoli, 2005〕 and ''The Natural History Museum Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing the Great Journeys of the World's Birds'',〔''The Natural History Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing the Great Journeys of the World's Birds '', Elphick J. Pub. NHM, London 2007.〕 which received Bird Watching Magazine's 'Best Bird Reference Book of the Year'; as well as co-author of the ''Encyclopedia of Animals'';〔''Encyclopedia of Animals'' by Jonathan Elphick, Jen Green and Barbara Taylor Pub. Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated, 2006〕 the ''RSPB Pocket Birds; A Unique Photographic Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe'' with Jonathan Woodward〔''RSPB Pocket Birds; A Unique Photographic Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe'', Elphick. J and Woodward. J, pub Dorling Kindersley, 2003.〕 and ''The National Parks and other Wild Places of Britain and Ireland'', with photography by David Tipling.〔''The National Parks and other Wild Places of Britain and Ireland'', Elphick.J and Tipling.D, pub. New Holland, London, 2002〕 He has also been consultant, editor or author on a variety of other books, articles and CD-ROMs including ''Coastline'' with Greenpeace, and the BBC production of ''The Realms of the Russian Bear''.〔(Surfbirds.com )〕 ==Background and education== Born in 1945, in Prestatyn, in what was then the historic county of Flintshire ((ウェールズ語:Sir y Fflint)) until re-organisation made it part of Clwyd and then Denbighshire; Jonathan Elphick was raised in North Wales, surrounded by a mountainous and beautiful mosaic of habitats: including traditional mixed farmland, woods, rivers, lakes, hills and coastlines.〔 He spent the first four years of his life in Rhyl, then moved to Dyserth, where he attended Ysgol Hiraddug, Dyserth, moving on to St Asaph's Grammar School and ultimately University College, Swansea (1964–1968), one of the four colleges comprising the University of Wales. Birdlife in North Wales in the early 1950s was relatively unaffected by agricultural developments and other changes, that proved to be major factors in the decline of many British birds. Inspired by, among others, the writings of Bruce Campbell one of the foremost ornithologists of the day, Elphick's journey through ornithological literature began with the paperback ''Bird Watching for Beginners'' and ''Campbell's Birds in Colour''. Migrating from the ''Bird Recognition'' paperback guides (by the ornithologist James Fisher〔e.g. ''WATCHING BIRDS'', Fisher. J. pub. in London by Collins 1941〕) he came under the influence of the Nature Conservancy warden at Newborough Warren National Nature Reserve, on the Isle of Anglesey, Peter Hope-Jones. In 1969 Elphick gained a BSc. degree in Zoology and secured a job as a Natural history editor, working as an in-house editor for various publishers including Dorling Kindersley,〔See for example ''Mammal'' by Dorling Kindersley. Publishing Staff, Smithsonian Institution, David Burnie, Jonathan Elphick, Steve Parker, Christopher Norris〕 eventually going freelance and specialising in Birds. 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「Jonathan Elphick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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