BORCH'S FALCONRY - english
Frank L. Beebe
Frank L. Beebe (1914- ), a falconer for more than 40 years started working with falcons in his youth. He's a leading researcher in Peale's peregrines and gyrfalcons, as well as a pioneer falcon breeder.Emma Ford
'Emma Ford started flying hawks at the age of eight and has never looked back. By invitation of HRH Sheikh Zaid, Ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emirates, she went to the Gulf to study the classic Arabic method of hawking with her husband, Steve. Together, they went on to found the internationally acclaimed British School of Falconry in 1982...Emma has travelled widely in connection with her work, teaching consulting and presenting papers at international zoological conferences. Former Countrywoman of the Year, she drew up the falconry syllabus for the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and is an elected member of the Hawk board - the government advisory panel on captive hawks. Her international reputation is highlighted by frequent television appearances and articles outlining her work in national newspapers and magazines. She Wrote her first book on falconry at the age of sixteen...' Falconry - art and practicePhilip Glasier
Phillip Glasier is the founder of The Falconry Centre at Newent in Gloucestershire and co-founder of the Hawk Thrust and the Raptor Breeders Association. He was trained in falconry by his uncle Captain Knight. He is a keen conservationist and has trained and flown birds of prey for over 60 years, as both an amateur and a professional.Jack Mavrogordato
Jack Mavrogordato (1905-1985) gained more than 40 years personal experience embracing practically every falcon or hawk used in falconry, from gyr and saker to merlin and shikra. He was son of a rich greek businessman, in his childhood neighbour to Churchill and aqcuainted with other notabilities in the UK. He lived in London during WW II and was inrolled in the local A.R.P. (Air Raid Precaution) during the first part of the war. Later on he worked as solicitor for the M.A.P. (Directorate of Materials Production) as his health did not permit him to contribute more actively to the war effort. He was educated a solicitor, but TB forced him to live a part of his life abroad. Thus he came to play a part in Sudanese independence. He was trained as a falconer by Captain Knight. In 1936 he succeeded Hugh Knight as honorary secretary as the British Falconers Club. Jack Mavro travelled all over the world as a falconer - trapping goshawks in Norway, flying sakers in Saudi Arabia and Bahrein, meeting Goering and Himmler in Berlin at the International Sporting Exhibition in 1937. In 1966 he visited America by invitation of NAFA. He took part in the field meet at Centersville, South Dakota. In 1966 he succeeded major-general A.G. O'Carroll-Scott as president of the British Falconers Club. In 1969 on the formation of the International Association of Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey, he was appointed its first president. Being a keen ornithologist all his life he became deeply involved in conservational matters. He lived the final 25 years of his life at Salisbury Plain, also being involved in local politics. He never married as he felt himself debarred of proposing to a fertile woman, as he himself was rendered infertile by TB.
BORCH'S FALCONRY - english