magisterial 400-page account of the British landscape from prehistory to the present day, with chapters on aspects ranging from woodland and hedgerows to marshes and the sea." The book won several awards for literature. His other books include Woodlands (2006), in the Collins New Naturalist series, and he also wrote on Hatfield Forest. As well as working in England, he studied and published extensively on the ecology and landscape of Crete, co-writing The Making of the Cretan Landscape with Jenny Moody in 1998, and latterly leading a (failed) protest against the granting of planning permission for the Cavo Sidero golf and hotel project on the island's eastern tip. Corpus Christi College named one of their boats 'Rackham the Red' in his honour. Personal life Rackham was an only child, and was unmarried. He died on 12 February 2015 at the age of 75 after a short illness. Awards OBE for "services to Nature Conservation", 1998. Fellow of the British Academy, 2002. Honorary Doctorate, University of Essex, 2000 For The History of the Countryside: 1986 Angel Literary Award, the Sir Peter Kent Conservation Prize and the Natural World Book of the Year. Selected works References External links Oliver Rackham's Notebooks digitised in Cambridge Digital Library 1939 births 2015 deaths British botanists Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Fellows of the British Academy Landscape historians Masters of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge New Naturalist writers Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Norwich School People educated at City College Norwich People from Bungay