Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook

The Earl of Cranbrook
Arms of the Earl of Cranbrook
Born
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy

(1933-06-20) 20 June 1933
St George Hanover Square, London, England
Education
Occupations
Years active1956–present
Spouse
(m. 1967)
Children3, including Jason Gathorne-Hardy, Lord Medway
Parents
Relativessee Gathorne-Hardy family

Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook, OStJ, FLS, FZS, FRGS, , FIBiol (born 20 June 1933), styled Lord Medway until 1978, is a British zoologist, biologist, naturalist, and peer. Since 1956, he has been active in the fields of ornithology, mammalogy, and zooarchaeology, and has influenced research and education in Southeast Asia. His career focus was on swiftlets and other small Southeast Asian birds, as well as on mammals, including orangutans.

He is the author of Wild Mammals of South-East Asia (1986), Wonders of nature in South-East Asia (1997) and Swiftlets of Borneo: Builders of Edible Nests (2002) and Key Environments: Malaysia (2013), which had a foreword from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.