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Oliver Rackham
Born(1939-10-17)17 October 1939
Bungay, England
Died12 February 2015(2015-02-12) (aged 75)
Cambridge, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forwoodlands, historical ecology
AwardsOrder of the British Empire (1998)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge

Oliver Rackham OBE, FBA (17 October 1939 – 12 February 2015) was an academic at the University of Cambridge who studied the ecology, management and development of the British countryside, especially trees, woodlands and wood pasture. His books included Ancient Woodland (1980) and The History of the Countryside (1986).

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