Guy Mountfort

Guy Reginald Mountfort (4. joulukuuta 1905 Lontoo – 23. huhtikuuta 2003 Bournemouth, Dorset) oli englantilainen lintutieteilijä, sotilas, liikemies ja luonnonsuojelija.

Guy Mountfortin isä oli tunnettu muotokuvamaalari Arnold Mountfort. Guy lopetti koulunkäynnin 16-vuotiaana ja teki sekalaisia töitä, kuten pesi pulloja laboratoriossa ja kauppasi kirjoituskoneita. Sitten hän pääsi Douglas Motorcycle Companyn ilmoitussihteeriksi. Täällä hän tapasi tulevan puolisonsa Joan Hartleyn, jonka kanssa hän sitten eli avioliitossa 71 vuotta. Heille syntyi kaksi tytärtä.

Toisessa maailmansodassa Mountfort palveli Honourable Artillery Companyssa, jossa hän esimerkillisten johtajaominaisuuksiensa avulla yleni kolmessa vuodessa everstiluutnantiksi. 1947 Mountfort meni töihin lontoolaiseen mainostoimistoon Mather & Crowther, missä hänestä tuli yhtiön johtaja, ja myöhemmin, yhtiön laajennuttua ja muutettua nimensä Ogilvy & Matheriksi, sen Lontoon toimiston toimitusjohtaja. Hän jäi eläkkeelle 1966.

Mountfort oli intohimoinen lintujen ja luonnon tarkkailija. Hän oli British Ornithologists' Unionin kunniasihteeri 1952–1962 ja yhdistyksen puheenjohtaja 1970–1975. Vuonna 1954 julkaistu A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe on lintujen määrittämisen kenttäoppaiden klassikko ja alansa myydyin teos. Mounfort kirjoitti kirjan tekstin, yhdysvaltalainen Roger Tory Peterson maalasi kuvataulut ja Philip Hollom esiintymiskartat. Kirjasta on otettu lukuisia uusintapainoksia. Muita Mounfortin kirjoja ovat The Hawfinch (1957), Portrait of a Wilderness (1958), Portrait of a River (1962), Portrait of a Desert (1965), So Small a World (1974), Tigers (1973), Back from the Brink (1977) ja Saving the Tiger (1981).

Mounfort oli perustamassa World Wildlife Fundia vuonna 1961. Säätiössä hän toimi aktiivisesti ja oli sen varapuheenjohtajana 1978–2003. Hän organisoi useita merkittäviä tempauksia, ja oli mukana muun muassa Jordanian luonnonsäästiöiden ja Espanjan Coto Doñanan kansallispuiston perustamisessa, sekä intiantiikerin pelastamisessa.

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