Tales from the Thebaide
Peter C. H. Pritchard, M.A., Ph.D., is best known as an authority on the biology and conservation of turtles and tortoises.  Both before and after receiving his doctorate in 1969, he has undertaken extensive field work with turtles in all continents.  He has established a permanent field station for turtle conservation in northwestern Guyana. Since 1998 he has been director of the Chelonian Research Institute in Oviedo, Florida, and is an adjunct professor of biology at Florida Atlantic University and the University of Central Florida.   Dr. Pritchard has been recognized as a "Champion of the Wild" by the Discovery Television Channel, and as a "Hero of the Planet" by Time Magazine.  In 2001, he was declared "Floridian of the Year" by the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.