What is Oliver Rackham?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Oliver Rackham | image = Oliver Rackham.JPG | birth_place = [[Norwich]], [[England]] | death_place =[[Cambridge]], [[England]] | nationality = United Kingdom | field = [[Botany]] | work_institution = [[University of Cambridge]] | alma_mater = [[University of Cambridge]] | known_for = [[Woodland]]s | prizes = [[Order of the British Empire]] (1998) | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1939|10|17}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|2|12|1939|10|17}} }} '''Oliver Rackham''' (17 October 1939 – 12 February 2015) was a [[British people|British]] academic. He studied the [[United Kingdom|British countryside]], especially [[tree]]s, [[woodland]]s and [[wood pasture]], Rackham wrote a number of books, including ''The History of the Countryside'' (1986) and one on [[Hatfield Forest]]. He died on 12 February 2015 at the age of 75.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-oliver-rackham-1939-2015/|title=Professor Oliver Rackham, 1939-2015|publisher=corpus.cam.ac.uk|date=February 13, 2015|author=James Warren|access-date=February 15, 2015|archive-date=February 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215111820/http://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-oliver-rackham-1939-2015/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rackham, Oliver}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Cambridge]] [[Category:People from Norwich]] {{bio-stub}}