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William Moreton Condry MA, MSc (1 March 1918 – 30 May 1998), was a naturalist who was born in Birmingham, England. He earned degrees from the University of Birmingham, in French, from the University of London, in Latin, and from Aberystwyth University, in history. He contributed, fortnightly, to The Guardian's Country Diary column for over forty years, and appeared on several BBC Radio programmes. He received an honorary MSc from the University of Wales in 1980, and held the position of Vice-President of the West Wales Naturalists' Trust from 1982.

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