William Brunsdon Yapp

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William Brunsdon Yapp
Born1909 (1909)
Died1990
Known forBooks
Scientific career
FieldsZoology, Ornithology
InstitutionsUniversity of Birmingham

William Brunsdon Yapp (1909–1990) was a zoologist and author. He lectured in zoology at the University of Birmingham. In 1957, he gave his address as Stourbridge;[1] and in 1961, as an unspecified "Church End".[2]

He was, for a time, Chairman of the research committee of the West Midland Bird Club.[3]

Bibliography

  • Yapp, William Brunsdon (1953). The High-Level Woodlands of the English Lake District. [With plates.]
  • Bourne, Geoffrey Howard; Yapp, William Brunsdon (1957). The Biology of Ageing ... Edited by W. B. Yapp and G. H. Bourne. London,. pp. xiv. 128. 8º.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Yapp, William Brunsdon; Watson, Donald John (1958). The Biological productivity of Britain. London,: Institute of Biology,. pp. xii, 126 p. illus., map. 23 cm.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  • Yapp, W. B. (William Brunsdon) (1962). Birds and woods. London: Oxford University Press,. p. 308.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  • Yapp, W. B. (William Brunsdon) (1962). Leland's 'Firres'. pp. 407–409.
  • Borradaile, Lancelot Alexander; William Brunsdon YAPP (1963). Borradaile's Manual of Elementary Zoology. Revised by W. B. Yapp ... Fourteenth edition. [With illustrations.] London :: Oxford University Press,. pp. x. 780. 8º.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
    • Some preceding editions were also revised by Yapp
  • Yapp, W. B. (William Brunsdon) (1965). Vertebrates their structure and life. New York :: Oxford University Press,. pp. vii, 525p, 8 col. plates : ill., 24cm.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  • Yapp, W. B. (William Brunsdon) (1969). The weekend motorist in the Lake District. London :: H.M.S.O,. pp. iv, 31 p., 4 plates : illus., forms, maps, 25 cm. ISBN 0-11-700481-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  • Yapp, W. B. (William Brunsdon) (1970). An introduction to animal physiology (3rd ed.). Oxford :: Clarendon,. pp. xvii, 349 p., 2 plates. : ill., 23 cm. ISBN 0-19-854111-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  • Yapp, William Brunsdon (1981). Birds in medieval manuscripts. London :: British Library,. pp. 190p : ill.(some col.), 22x24 cm. ISBN 0-904654-54-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  • Yapp, William Brunsdon (1987). Animals in medieval art The Bayeux tapestry as an example. Amsterdam,. pp. 15–73 : ill, cm.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Notable papers

  • William Brunsdon Yapp, The illustrations of birds in the Vatican manuscript of "De arte venandi cum avibus" of Frederick II, in “Annals of science: the history of science and technology”, 40(1983), pp. 597–634.
  • Yapp, W.B. "The bird population of an oak woodland (Wyre Forest) over eighteen years." Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History Society, Volume 21 (1969), pp 199-216

References

  1. ^ Borradaile, L. A. (Lancelot Alexander); Brunsdon Yapp (1958). Borradaile's Manual of elementary zoology (13th ed. / revised by W.B. Yapp. ed.). London, New York :: Oxford University Press,. pp. 769 p : illus, 23 cm.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ Yapp, W. B. (William Brunsdon) (1962). Birds and woods. London ;: Oxford University Press,. pp. 308p : ill., 23 cm.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ Norris, C.A. (September 1960). "The Breeding Distribution of Thirty Bird Species in 1952". Bird Study. 7 (3): 129–184. doi:10.1080/00063656009475969. Retrieved 2010-02-13.