Tony Soper RIP

Offset

What an absolutely lovely chap.  I have a lifelong interest in wildlife - and, dare I say it, not inconsiderable knowledge - which was sparked by people like Tony.

He was a good looking bugger as well.

 

Keiko

I didn't know he was still around. Yeah remember him from my childhood when I was really into birds. This was one of the first bird books I ever got:

Kittyfrisk

Responsible for the formation of the now legendary BBC Natural History Unit.
David Attenborough & the massive Planet Earth series is standing on the shoulders of the giant that was Tony Soper.
Not to forget 'Animal Magic' :-D
RIP.

Offset

^^ Ahhhh... Dotty the ring-tailed lemur...

Heartfeltdawn

Offset said:

What an absolutely lovely chap.  I have a lifelong interest in wildlife - and, dare I say it, not inconsiderable knowledge - which was sparked by people like Tony.

He was a good looking bugger as well.

 

I loved birdwatching when I was much younger (YOC and RSPB) and still do. Sigh. What a bloody good guy Soper was. 

hollywoodrox

He was on kids television a lot when I was a kid in the 70s . A sad loss RIP

Keiko

If I remember rightly I think I got his autograph once too. Very vague memory, just came to me. I think he was giving a lecture somewhere when I was very young. It's long gone now though.

Philly_Q

Crikey, 95!  I'd have assumed he died years ago.

I remember my dad mentioning something about him when he was on TV back in the olden days.  Just looking on Wikipedia he was from Plymouth so perhaps my dad knew him as a local boy who'd done well for himself.  They wouldn't have been contemporaries though, my dad was younger and went to a different school.