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CodeDS/UK/18674
NameTickell; Sir; Crispin (1930-2022); GCMG KCVO FZS; British diplomat, environmentalist, academic
Variations of NameCrispin Charles Cervantes Tickell
Dates1930-2022
GenderMale (cisgender)
RelationshipsMarried to Chloe Gunn (1954-1976).
Father of Oliver Tickell (editor).
BiographySir Crispin Charles Cervantes Tickell (born 25 August 1930 – died 25 January 2022) was a British diplomat, environmentalist, and academic.

President of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) from 1990-1993.
Non-executive Director, IBM UK, 1990–1995.
Trustee, Natural History Museum, 1992–2001.
Trustee, Baring Foundatio, 1992–2002.
Warden of Green College, Oxford University, from 1990-1997.
President of the Marine Biological Association from 1990-2001.
Chancellor of the University of Kent, 1996-2006.
Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge University.

Margaret Thatcher credited Tickell with persuading her to make a speech on global climate change to the Royal Society in September 1988

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