title: Geoffrey Matthews
text: # Geoffrey Matthews
  
  Geoffrey Vernon Townsend Matthews OBE FSB (16 June 1923 – 21 January 2013) was a British ornithologist and conservationist.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Born on 16 June 1923 and educated at Bedford School and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he completed his doctorate and post-doctoral research, Geoffrey Matthews was director of research and conservation, 1955–1988, and deputy director, 1973–1988, at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge. He was also a professorial fellow at Bristol University between 1970 and 1990.
  
  Matthews died on 21 January 2013.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Matthews, G. V. T. (1955). Bird navigation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  * Matthews, G. V. T. (1968). Bird navigation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  * Matthews, G. V. T. (1971). Vogelflug. München: Goldmann.
  * Matthews, G. V. T. (1973). Orientation and Position-finding by Birds. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199141364.
  