Hugh B. Cott

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Selwyn_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:author gptkb:Adaptive_Coloration_in_Animals
gptkb:The_Zoological_Society_of_London:_1826–1976
Looking at Animals
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Zoological_Society_of_London_Silver_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1900-07-06
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Bath,_Somerset,_England
gptkbp:deathDate 1987-04-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:John_Stanley_Gardiner
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:field natural history
zoology
camouflage
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Hugh_Bamford_Cott
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hugh B. Cott
gptkbp:influenced military camouflage techniques
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Abbott_Handerson_Thayer
gptkbp:knownFor military camouflage during World War II
research on animal camouflage
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Adaptive_Coloration_in_Animals
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:photographer
author
biologist
camouflage expert
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Curator_of_Birds,_University_Museum_of_Zoology,_Cambridge
Lecturer in Zoology, University of Cambridge
Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge
gptkbp:researchInterest gptkb:Dragon
ornithology
camouflage
warning coloration
animal coloration
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Joyce_Cott
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Niagara_Falls,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6