James Percy Fitz Patrick - Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts

  • The Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology was founded at the University of Cape Town in 1959 by Mrs. Cecily K. Niven, daughter and only surviving child of Percy FitzPatrick, for the study of the living birds of Africa.
  • The Percy FitzPatrick Award is an award for the best South African children's book in English and was initiated in 1970.

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