George Salt. 12 December 1903 – 17 February 2003

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George Salt was first and foremost an entomologist but, because much of his scientific life had been concerned with the interplay between parasites and their hosts, he described himself as an ecologist. He developed very successful methods for controlling insects pests by introducing other parasitic insects, known as parasitoids. Later in his career he studied the host-finding behaviour of the parasitoids, the physiology of the hosts' reactions to the parasitism and the range of countermeasures employed by the parasitoids to avoid such reactions. He is properly regarded as a pioneer in his field.