NationMaster - Encyclopedia: David Bellamy

Professor David J. Bellamy OBE (born 18 January 1933) is an English botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner. David Bellamy This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... David Bellamy This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... A professor giving a lecture The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Note: broadcasting is also the old term for hand sowing. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Background

Bellamy was born in London. He was brought up as a strict Baptist. He attended Sutton County Grammar School, Sutton; Chelsea College of Science and Technology; and Bedford College (now part of Royal Holloway, University of London), all in London. He originally trained as a botanist at Durham University, where he later held the post of senior lecturer in botany until 1982, and still holds the post of Honorary Professor for Adult and Continuing Education. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Baptist is a term describing a tradition within Christianity that may also refer to individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. ... Sutton Grammar School for Boys is a selective Grammar School in the London Borough of Sutton in south-east England. ... Sutton is the principal town in the London Borough of Sutton. ... Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) is one of the larger institutions of the University of London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Affiliations 1994 Group, European University Association, Association of MBAs, EQUIS, Universities UK, N8 Group, Association of Commonwealth Universities Website http://www. ... Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English-speaking world (but not at most universities in the U.S. or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ... Pinguicula grandiflora Botany is the scientific study of plantlife. ...

Bellamy and his wife Rosemary, whom he married when he was 19, have five children - four are adopted. Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent (or parents) other than the birth parents. ...

Career

He first came to public prominence as an environmental consultant at the time of the 1967 Torrey Canyon disaster. He has been the writer and presenter of some 400 television programmes on Botany, Ecology and environmental issues. He is the originator, along with David Shreeve and The Conservation Foundation (which he also founded), of the Ford European Conservation Awards and has published over 80 scientific papers and many books. The Torrey Canyon was the first of the big supertankers, capable of carrying a cargo of 120,000 tons of crude oil, and was wrecked off the western coast of Cornwall in 1967 causing an environmental disaster. ... Pinguicula grandiflora Botany is the scientific study of plantlife. ... Ernst Haeckel coined the term oekologie in 1866. ... The Conservation Foundation may refer to: Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) African Conservation Foundation The Conservation Foundation, UK Category: ...

In 1983, he was jailed for blockading the Australian Franklin River in protest at a proposed dam. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Franklin River lies in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park in the heart of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. ... Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ...

On 18 August 1984, he leapt from the pier at St. Abbs Harbour and splashed into the North Sea. In the process he officially opened Britain's first Voluntary Marine Reserve, the St. Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve. August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... St. ... St. ...

In 1997, he stood unsuccessfully against incumbent Prime Minister John Major for the anti-European Union Referendum Party. Bellamy credits this campaign with the decline in his career as a popular celebrity and television personality, saying in 2002: 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Sir John Major KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997. ... The Referendum Party were a single-issue party in the United Kingdom formed to contest the 1997 General Election. ...

He appeared in an instructional video produced by Britain's Central Electricity Generating Board and remains Britain's most prominent campaigner against the construction of wind farms in undeveloped areas. For other uses, see Blue Peter (disambiguation). ... The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was the cornerstone of the British electricity industry for almost 50 years, from its nationalisation in 1947 to privatisation in the 1990s. ... Wind turbines in Neuenkirchen, Dithmarschen (Germany). ...

He once voiced an advert for the blackcurrant drink Ribena which claimed that 95% of British blackcurrants were used in Ribena. (This has now been changed to "Nearly all British blackcurrants are used in Ribena".)

Views on global warming

In 2004, he wrote an article in the Daily Mail in which he described the theory of man-made global warming as "poppycock" ^[1]. A letter he published in New Scientist (16 April 2005) asserted that a large percentage (555 of 625) of the glaciers being observed by the World Glacier Monitoring Service were advancing, not retreating. However, Bellamy's figures were incorrect: the vast majority of the world's glaciers have been retreating for the last several decades. George Monbiot of the Guardian tracked down Bellamy's original source for this information and found that it was Fred Singer's website. Singer claimed to have obtained these figures from a 1989 article in the journal Science, but to date this article has not been found.[1] Bellamy has since admitted that the figures on glaciers were wrong, and announced in a letter to The Sunday Times on 29 May 2005 ^[2] that he had "decided to draw back from the debate on global warming" ^[3]. However he has not withdrawn his assertions about the causes of global warming. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Daily Mail is a British newspaper, a tabloid, first published in 1896. ... Global mean surface temperatures 1856 to 2005. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park (US) showing recession since 1850 of 1. ... George Monbiot. ... Siegfried Frederick Singer (born September 27, 1924 in Vienna) is an atmospheric physicist. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

His opinions have changed the way in which some organisations view Bellamy. In 2005 a spokesperson for Plantlife, where Bellamy has been president for 15 years, said it "would be wrong to ask him to continue [as president]". The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts stated in 2005 "We are not happy with his line on climate change"^[4], and Bellamy was succeeded as president of the Wildlife Trusts by Aubrey Manning in November 2005. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Plantlife is a U.K. plant conservation charity. ... The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts or RSWT is a registered charity, incorporated by Royal Charter to promote conservation and manage environmental funds. ... Professor Aubrey William George Manning OBE FRSE FIBiol (born 24 April 1930) is a distinguished English zoologist and broadcaster. ...

In October 2006, it was reported that Bellamy had joined the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition, a group of scientists trying to refute what they believe are unfounded claims about man-made global warming^[5]. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Trivia

Recognition

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Bibliography

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Discovering the Countryside with David Bellamy

Bellamy was "consultant editor and contributor" for this series, published by Hamlyn in conjunction with the Royal Society for Nature Conservation: The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts or RSWT is a registered charity, incorporated by Royal Charter to promote conservation and manage environmental funds. ...

1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Forewords

Bellamy has contributed forewords or introductions to: A foreword is a literary device that is often found in the beginning of a piece of literature, before the introduction. ...

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External links

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References

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