Pat Hall

Beryl Patricia Hall, née Woodhouse (13 June 1917 – 26 August 2010) was a British ornithologist, associated with the Natural History Museum.

She also wrote a book of whimsical poems with Derek Goodwin called the Bird Room Ballads (1969).

Forced to spend several years at home, she took to watching birds and then decided to sign up for the Women's Legion in 1939.

She was initially posted to South Africa and she transferred to Egypt in March 1941 allowing her to marry John.

After the war she returned to the UK and in 1947, following a failed marriage, she took up a position as a scientific associate at the bird room of the Natural History Museum.