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One called him “an amazing friend, brilliant scientist and extremely fun man”.ĭouglas took his own life after suffering from depression. Determined and fearless, he was generous with his expertise, and popular with colleagues. He was particularly proud of his blog criticising “Obsessive Tidiness Disorder”, which urged the public to leave messy areas for wildlife. DOUGLAS The American Legion Fred Hilburn Post 11 in Douglas will host a Veterans Resource Fair on Tuesday, Oct. This summer he had taught butterfly and moth identification for the FSC, coming full circle, and had been asked by a UK tour company to lead butterfly study tours in Europe.ĭouglas had an outstanding talent for communicating science and natural history, engaging countless people through his Twitter account, talks, interviews and blogs. CNN A North Dakota state senator, his wife and their two young children died in a plane crash as they were traveling through Utah, officials announced Monday.

He was also involved with the long-running Rothamsted Insect Survey, responsible for identifying the moth catches from one of their traps. He was reviewing the impacts of invasive non-native moths for a global assessment for an intergovernmental policy platform. Director Douglas McGrath, right, with actor Toby Jones and actress. Besides his PhD research, he was undertaking a comprehensive survey of the moths of Oxford University’s Wytham Woods, and collaborating with the Darwin Tree of Life project to sequence the genomes of UK moth species. Douglas McGrath, wide-ranging film director and playwright, dies at 64. Devon and Norfolk councils have already changed their streetlight policies because of his work. His recent paper in Science Advances, outlining the detrimental impacts of LED streetlights on caterpillars, was reported on by media around the world, including in the Guardian. This work gave him the opportunity to combine his exceptional field skills with scientific investigation. Continuing at Oxford, he earned a distinction for his MSc in biodiversity, conservation and management, and won the Wallace prize for his dissertation on several trend-bucking moth species whose numbers are actually increasing.Īt the time of his death, Douglas was a PhD student at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, researching the impact of light pollution on moths. Mclaughlin Funeral Home in Albany, NY. This is the full obituary where you can express condolences and share memories. Nathaniel Douglass passing at the age of 72 on Monday, has been publicly announced by S.L. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. His undergraduate project on moths in bird nests resulted in Douglas becoming a nationally recognised expert in the tineid moth group, which includes clothes moths, and he recently pioneered the recording of the ultrasounds of these tiny insects. Doug is survived by his brother, Bill (Joan) and their children.

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