Charles Alexander Fleming

He was active in the Save Manapouri Campaign, was a spokesperson for Native Forest Action Council and the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1973. In 1974 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. He was also trustee of the Ngā Manu Nature Reserve. In 1988 the Royal Society of New Zealand established the Charles Fleming Award which is awarded to individuals who have achieved distinction in the protection, maintenance, management, improvement, or understanding of the environment. Sir Charles Fleming has been honoured by having dozens of species named after him, mostly Mollusca, but also Foraminifera and Echinodermata: e.g. In 1997, Trevor H. Worthy commemorated Charles Fleming in the species' epithet of the prehistoric rail Pleistorallus flemingi from the mid-Pleistocene of New Zealand. In the 1964 New Year Honours, Fleming was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1977 New Year Honours, for services to science and conservation. Charles Fleming was married to Margaret Alison Fleming (nee Chambers) from 1941 until his death in 1987, and they had three daughters, Robin Fleming, Winifred Mary McEwen and Jean Fleming. In 2012 the Charles Fleming Retirement Village was named after Fleming. The name of the village was unveiled by two of his daughters.

Charles Alexander Fleming studied at University of Auckland. Training under John Arthur Bartrum is recorded. Positions recorded include President of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Distinctions recorded are ANZAAS Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Fellow of the Geological Society of London.

• Name — Sir Charles Fleming • Honorific Suffix — KBE, FRS FRSNZ FRAOU • Born — 9 September 1916 • Birthplace — Auckland, New Zealand • Died — 11 September 1987 • Place of death — Wellington, New Zealand • Education — University of Auckland • Occupation — Paleontologist, Ornithologist • Spouse — Peg Chambers • Children — 3, including Jean Fleming • Fields — Ornithology • Awards — Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Charles Alexander Fleming is recorded with the occupation environmentalist. Recorded as having received ANZAAS Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.