Vernon Cory

Vernon Cory: agriculturalist, biologist, historian and author, was born on the 11th July 1917 in Camborne, Cornwall, son of mining engineer Richard James Cory.
Vernon was educated at Redruth Grammar School and Seale Hayne Agricultural College, graduating with an external BSc from the University of London in 1939. The war years were largely spent employed by War Agricultural Committees, culminating in Bedfordshire. Vernon married Gladys Mary Favell, of Great Barford, Bedfordshire, in 1948. Vernon spent his entire post-war career working for the Ministry of Agriculture, including periods of detachment to the Isle of Ely (Cambridgeshire), Essex and finally as District Officer in Harrogate, Yorkshire. Towards the end of his career Vernon was attached to the European Commission in Brussels and later to Ministry of Agriculture HQ in London.
Following retirement Vernon expanded his interests in conservation as an active member of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
As a historian, Vernon researched the Cornish tin-mining industry, studied American history, and published material relating to the great land reclamations of eastern England.
Vernon made a thorough study of family genealogy, co-authored a history of the family connections in the USA and became president of the Cory Society.
Vernon died in 2004, aged 87, after a long illness.