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Kevin Ratcliffe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (351 words) |
 | Kevin Ratcliffe (born 12 November 1960 in Mancot, near Queensferry in North Wales) is a former footballer for mainly Everton and Wales. |
 | Ratcliffe was considered one of the fastest central defenders ever to play football. |
 | Ratcliffe made 461 appearances for Everton and scored two goals in that time (one a 30-yarder at Anfield). |
| Derek Ratcliffe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (253 words) |
 | Ratcliffe was the author of the 1977 Nature Conservation Review, a document which set out the most important sites for nature conservation in the United Kingdom. |
 | Ratcliffe was the first person to discover the link between the use by farmers of pesticides such as DDT and Dieldrin and the decline of British populations of birds of prey, in particular the Peregrine Falcon (a species on which he was a world authority). |
 | Ratcliffe studied for a Ph.D at University of Wales, Bangor. |