Michael Chinery
Born	1938
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Occupation	Entomologist, naturalist, author

Michael Chinery (born 1938, in London) is an English naturalist.^[1]

He studied in Cambridge where he graduated in natural sciences and anthropology.

He edits Cecidology, the journal of the British Plant Gall Society.

• Animals & Plants of Britain & Europe" (1991)
• Animals in the zoo,
• Animal communities,
• Britain's Plant Galls. A photographic guide (2011) WildGuides. Old Basing, Hampshire. ISBN 978 190365743 0
• The Complete Amateur Naturalist, Crescent Books, New York, 1977 ISBN 0-517-66165-9
• Forests, Kingfisher, London, 1992 ISBN 0-86272-915-7
• Purnell's concise Encyclopedia of Nature,

Chinery is well known for his books on insects :

• Insects of Britain and Northern Europe, 3rd edition, Collins field guide. ISBN 0-00-219918-1
• Insects of Britain and Western Europe, Collins Guide, 1986 (reprinted in 1991)
• Butterflies of Britain and Europe, Collins Wildlife Trust Guides.

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