John Cordeaux FRGS, MBOU (27 February 1831, Foston, Leicestershire – 1 August 1899, Great Coates House) was one of the foremost English amateur naturalist and ornithologist of his day,[1] known for his work with the British Association on bird migration.

John Cordeaux, rector of Hooton Roberts, Yorkshire, and Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Taylor, of Tothill, Lincolnshire.

[4] Cordeaux began his study of bird migration on the coasts of the counties of Lincolnshire (where he lived) and Yorkshire.

A. Harvie-Brown in persuading keepers of lighthouses and lightvessels on the coasts of England and Scotland to accumulate information on bird migration.

At the summer 1896 meeting of the British Association at Liverpool, W. Eagle Clarke presented a Digest of the Observations for the committee's findings.