H. J. Fleure

Herbert John Fleure, FRS FRAI[1] (6 June 1877 – 1 July 1969) was a British zoologist and geographer.

He assisted Professor Patrick Geddes with the mounting of the Cities and Town Planning Exhibition in Dublin in August 1914.

He was a founder member of the Guernsey Society, which was established in 1943 to represent the interests of the Nazi-occupied island to the British Authorities.

After the war, he was a regular contributor to The Quarterly Review, as well as to The Guernsey Farmhouse, a book published by the Society in 1964 celebrating the ancient family houses in the island.

He also authored biographies of several scientists including Arthur Robert Hinks,[5] Alfred Cort Haddon,[6] James George Frazer[7] and Emmanuel de Margerie[8] From 1927 through 1956 he was the co-author of the ten volumes of The Corridors of Time by Harold John Edward Peake.