Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford
(1936-2020), Zoologist, ecologist and scientific adviserSitter in 3 portraits
Robert May held a Professorship in the Department of Zoology jointly at Oxford University and Imperial College, London. Australian-born, he was Chief Scientific Adviser to the British Government, Head of the UK Office of Science and Technology (1995-2000) and President of the Royal Society (2000-2005). His work as a research scientist dealt with factors influencing the abundance of plant and animal species and with the rates, causes and consequences of extinction. He was knighted in 1996 and made a peer in 2001.
Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford
by Tom Phillips
oil on panel, 2005
NPG 6825
Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, September 1999
NPG x88444
Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford
by Norman McBeath
bromide print, 18 August 2000
NPG x88768
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