George Ordish Collection

D ORD

1929-1974

George Ordish studied agriculture and economics at the University of London. In 1952 he wrote Untaken Harvest which was the first book to look at the economics of pest damage to crops. He worked for industry, the United Nations and the Ministry of Overseas Development as an economic entomologist. In 1960 along with the Royal Society of Arts he helped instigate the John Curtis Lectures on pest control which were named after a Victorian pioneer in this field.

RECORDS OF GEORGE ORDISH

195 documents

fonds

Agriculture, Entomology

D ORD/A1-3 Book reviews/promotions D ORD/B1-4 Correspondence D ORD/C1-3 Research material D ORD/D1-53 Scientific papers D ORD/D54-86 Newspaper articles D ORD/D87-160 Other reference material D ORD/E1-11 Published work D ORD/F1-9 Draft copies of work D ORD/G1-5 Other records

Books by George Ordish in the Rural History Centre library Untaken Harvest : Man's loss of crops from pest, weed and disease (1952) Wine Growing in England (1953) The Living House (1959) Biological Methods in Crop Pest Control : An introductory study (1967) John Curtis and the Pioneering of Pest Control (1974) The Constant Pest : A short history of pests and their control (1976) Vineyards in England and Wales (1977) The Living Garden (1985) The Great Wine Blight (1987)