an hotelier was also counted against him: "an unfortunate experience with a country hotel". Nicholson also made prejudicial remarks about his Czechoslovakian background. Another factor could have been that unlike all the other founders of the WWF, Stolan was not like them an ornithologist nor earlier involved in conservationism. Victor Stolan died within a few years of the founding of the WWF. References External links The articles by Julian Huxley in the Observer which caused Victor Stolan to write to Huxley (note: paid subscription required): Nov 13 1960 The treasure house of wild life, More meat from game than cattle Nov 20 1960 Cropping the wild protein Nov 27 1960 Wild life as a World Asset second page 1893 births Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom British hoteliers Czechoslovak refugees Czechoslovak environmentalists Year of death missing Place of death missing Czechoslovak emigrants to the United Kingdom