Alister Hardy

Alister Hardy

Sir Alister Clavering Hardy, FRS (10 February 1896, Nottingham – 22 May 1985, Oxford) was an English marine biologist, expert on zooplankton and marine ecosystems. He founded the Religious Experience Research Centre in 1969, after retiring as a professor at the University of Oxford.

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