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Jul 06, 1900 Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom Died on 18 Apr 1987 (aged 86)

English zoologist and camouflage specialist

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About Hugh B. Cott

  • Hugh Bamford Cott (6 July 1900 – 18 April 1987) was a British zoologist, an authority on both natural and military camouflage, and a scientific illustrator and photographer.
  • Many of his field studies took place in Africa, where he was especially interested in the Nile crocodile, the evolution of pattern and colour in animals.
  • During the Second World War, Cott worked as a camouflage expert for the British Army and helped to influence War Office policy on camouflage.
  • His book Adaptive Coloration in Animals (1940), popular among serving soldiers, was the major textbook on camouflage in zoology of the twentieth century.
  • After the war, he became a Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
  • As a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, he undertook expeditions to Africa and the Amazon to collect specimens, mainly reptiles and amphibians.

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