death_date death_place birth_place fields birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
6 november 1976 hout bay , cape town , south africa london , england entomology 12 december 1889 sydney skaife00.jpg sydney skaife
 sydney harold skaife university leipzig of cape town natal university college university of
sydney skaife

sydney harold skaife -lrb- ` stacey ' -rrb- d.sc frssaf .
-lrb- 12 december 1889 -- 6 november 1976 -rrb- was an eminent south african entomologist and naturalist .
his career and educational publications covered a wide field .
especially in his later years his main research interest was in social insects and the transitional phases in sociality , particularly in the hymenoptera and isoptera .
he was also a school inspector , prolific author of scientific and popular books , broadcaster , and conservationist .
of his many achievements his greatest was probably his leading role in the creation of the cape of good hope nature reserve between cape town and cape point .
he lived for most of his life in hout bay on the cape peninsula .
