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{{Infobox rai-fellow
| first_name = John Oliver
| name = Borley
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix = MA
| image = File:Borley,_John_Oliver.jpg
| birth_date = 1872
| death_date = 1938
| address = 71 Buxton Road, Brixton, SW<br />127 London Road, S. Lowestoft [1903]
| occupation = naturalist
| elected_ESL =
| elected_ASL =
| elected_AI = 1903.01.13
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ordinary fellow
| left = 1905 last listed
| clubs =
| societies =
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
=== House Notes ===
Proposed by J.L. Myres; seconded by A.C. Haddon 1902.12.09
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
Mr. J. O. Borley, O.B.E [obit in Nature 143, 25 Feb 1939<br /><br />MR. J. O. BORLEY, who died at Bexley, Kent, on December 30, at the age of sixty-six years, had retired only a year or so before from the post of fisheries adviser to the Discovery Committee (Colonial Office), and was still an active member of that Committee. His interest in whaling and antarctic research datea from his membership of the original Falkland Islands Committee, the recommendations of which led to the splendid investigations carried out under the auspices of the Discovery Committee. Borley took a great part in the planning of these investigations and in their administration. His thorough grasp of practical problems and the soundness and sobriety of his judgment were of the greatest assistance in the negotiations which led up to the international regulation of whaling.<br /><br />b. Sep. 12 1872 at Battersea. Asst. Naturalist, at Lowestoft, to the North Sea Fishery Commission, 1903. Chief Naturalist, International Fisheries Investigation, London, 1911. A member of the committee to enquire into the Preservation of the Whale Industry and the economic and scientific possibilities of the falkland Islands, 1918. OBE. Died Dec. 30 1938 aged 66. Buried at Bexley<br /><br /><br />
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
<br />
=== House Publications ===
== Related Material Details ==
=== RAI Material ===
=== Other Material ===
National Archives: Discovery Committee: temporary employment of J O Borley MBE as Fisheries Advisor to continue<br />
| first_name = John Oliver
| name = Borley
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix = MA
| image = File:Borley,_John_Oliver.jpg
| birth_date = 1872
| death_date = 1938
| address = 71 Buxton Road, Brixton, SW<br />127 London Road, S. Lowestoft [1903]
| occupation = naturalist
| elected_ESL =
| elected_ASL =
| elected_AI = 1903.01.13
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ordinary fellow
| left = 1905 last listed
| clubs =
| societies =
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
=== House Notes ===
Proposed by J.L. Myres; seconded by A.C. Haddon 1902.12.09
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
Mr. J. O. Borley, O.B.E [obit in Nature 143, 25 Feb 1939<br /><br />MR. J. O. BORLEY, who died at Bexley, Kent, on December 30, at the age of sixty-six years, had retired only a year or so before from the post of fisheries adviser to the Discovery Committee (Colonial Office), and was still an active member of that Committee. His interest in whaling and antarctic research datea from his membership of the original Falkland Islands Committee, the recommendations of which led to the splendid investigations carried out under the auspices of the Discovery Committee. Borley took a great part in the planning of these investigations and in their administration. His thorough grasp of practical problems and the soundness and sobriety of his judgment were of the greatest assistance in the negotiations which led up to the international regulation of whaling.<br /><br />b. Sep. 12 1872 at Battersea. Asst. Naturalist, at Lowestoft, to the North Sea Fishery Commission, 1903. Chief Naturalist, International Fisheries Investigation, London, 1911. A member of the committee to enquire into the Preservation of the Whale Industry and the economic and scientific possibilities of the falkland Islands, 1918. OBE. Died Dec. 30 1938 aged 66. Buried at Bexley<br /><br /><br />
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
<br />
=== House Publications ===
== Related Material Details ==
=== RAI Material ===
=== Other Material ===
National Archives: Discovery Committee: temporary employment of J O Borley MBE as Fisheries Advisor to continue<br />