Salim

Ali

Salim Ali was born on November 12, 1896

and died, on June 20,1986.

He worked in a bird sanctuary.He also discovered a lot

about birds

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Salim Ali was the ninth youngest child born into a muslim family in

Bomway.He was intorduced by his uncle W.S Millard by birds by his

uncle W.S Millard who was secreatary of the Bomway natural history

society. When he was eight he shot a bird and his uncle identified

It

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it as a yellow throated sparrow .He spent sevral years in Burma

before returning to India studying zoology .In 1967,he was awarded

both gold medals of the British Ornithelogists union and a J.Paul Getty

wildlife conservation prize.