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David Bellamy OBE

David Bellamy
Born January 18, 1933 (1933-01-18) (age 75)
London
Education Sutton County Grammar School; Chelsea College of Science and Technology (now part of King's College London); Bedford College (now part of Royal Holloway, University of London); Durham University
Known for botanist, author, broadcaster, environmental campaigner
Religious beliefs Baptist
Spouse Rosemary Bellamy (1952 - present)
Children 5

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Background

Bellamy was born in London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. He was brought up as a strict Baptist. Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. He attended Sutton County Grammar School, Sutton; Chelsea College of Science and Technology (now part of King's College London); and Bedford College (now part of Royal Holloway, University of London), in London. Sutton Grammar School for Boys is a selective single-sex Grammar school for pupils aged 11-18 inclusive Sutton is the principal town in the London Borough of Sutton. King's College London is a British Higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the federal University of London. Royal Holloway University of London ( RHUL) is a constituent college of the University of London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. 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. Durham University is a University in Durham, England. It was founded as the University of Durham (which remains its official and legal name Lecturer is a term of Academic rank. In the United Kingdom lecturer is the name given to University Teachers in their first permanent Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life

Bellamy and his wife Rosemary, whom he married when he was 19, have five children.

Career

Bellamy first came to public prominence as an environmental consultant at the time of the 1967 Torrey Canyon disaster. The Torrey Canyon was a Supertanker capable of carrying a cargo of 120000 tons of Crude oil, which was wrecked off the western coast of Cornwall He has written and presented some 400 television programmes on botany, ecology, and environmental issues. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life Ecology (from Greek grc οἶκος oikos, "house(hold" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of Bellamy 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 Conservation Foundation, a Registered charity in the UK, was founded in 1982 by Prof David Bellamy and David Shreeve

In 1980, he released a cover version of the song "Brontosaurus Will You Wait For Me?" (b/w "Oh Stegasaurus")which he performed on Blue Peter wearing an orange jump suit. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Blue Peter is a BBC Television programme for children It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the It reached 81 in the charts.

In 1983, he was jailed for blockading the Australian Franklin River in protest at a proposed dam. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) For the Franklin River in British Columbia Canada see Franklin River (Vancouver Island. A dam is a barrier that divides waters. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water while other structures such as Floodgates, Levees On 18 August 1984, he leapt from the pier at St. Abbs Harbour and splashed into the North Sea. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) St Abbs is a small fishing village located on the southeast coast of Scotland, in the Committee area of Berwickshire, Scottish Borders In the process, he officially opened Britain's first Voluntary Marine Reserve, the St. Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve. St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve is a Voluntary Marine Reserve—the first established in the United Kingdom.

In 1997, he stood unsuccessfully against the incumbent Prime Minister John Major for the anti-European Union Referendum Party. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Sir John Major KG CH ACIB (born 29 March 1943 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The Referendum Party was the name of a series of Single-issue parties in the United Kingdom that called for a Referendum on aspects of the UK's relationship Bellamy credits this campaign with the decline in his career as a popular celebrity and television personality, saying in 2002:

"In some ways it was probably the most stupid thing I ever did because I'm sure that if I have been banned from television, that's why. I used to be on Blue Peter and all those things, regularly, and it all, pffffft, stopped. Blue Peter is a BBC Television programme for children It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the " [1]

He is Britain's most prominent campaigner against the construction of wind farms in undeveloped areas. A wind farm is a group of Wind turbines in the same location used for production of electric power This is despite appearing very enthusiastic about wind power in the educational video Power from the Wind[2] produced by Britain's Central Electricity Generating Board. The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB was the cornerstone of the British electricity industry for almost 40 years from 1957 to Privatisation in the

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 his foreword to the 1989 book The Greenhouse Effect[3] Dr Bellamy wrote:

"The profligate demands of humankind are causing far reaching changes to the atmosphere of planet Earth, of this there is no doubt. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Earth's temperature is showing an upward swing, the so-called greenhouse effect, now a subject of international concern. The greenhouse effect may melt the glaciers and ice caps of the world causing the sea to rise and flood many of our great cities and much of our best farmland. "

Dr Bellamy's later statements on global warming indicate that he subsequently changed his views completely.

In 2004, he wrote an article in the Daily Mail in which he described the theory of man-made global warming as "poppycock" [4]. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the 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. New Scientist is a weekly International science magazine and website covering recent developments in science and technology for a general English -speaking Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS was started in 1986 combining the two former services PSFG (Permanent Service on Fluctuations of Glaciers and TTS/WGI (Temporal George Monbiot of The Guardian tracked down Bellamy's original source for this information and found that it was Fred Singer's website. George Joshua Richard Monbiot (born 27 January, 1963) is a left-wing Journalist, Author, Academic and environmental The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Siegfried Frederick Singer (born September 27, 1924 in Vienna) is an American atmospheric physicist. Singer claimed to have obtained these figures from a 1989 article in the journal Science, but to date this article has not been found. [5] Bellamy has since admitted that the figures on glaciers were wrong, and announced in a letter to The Sunday Times on 29 May 2005 [6] that he had "decided to draw back from the debate on global warming" [7]. The Sunday Times is a Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. However he has not withdrawn his assertions about the causes of global warming.

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]". Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Plantlife is a wild plant conservation charity founded in 1989 The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts stated in 2005 "We are not happy with his line on climate change"[8], and Bellamy was succeeded as president of the Wildlife Trusts by Aubrey Manning in November 2005. 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 in London UK is a distinguished English

In October 2006, the New Zealand Herald 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[9]. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The New Zealand Herald is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand.

In May 2007 Bellamy and Jack Barrett jointly authored a paper in the refereed Civil Engineering journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers entitled 'Climate stability: an inconvenient proof'. Founded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE is an independent Professional association, based in central London, [10] They argued that the widely prophesied doubling of carbon dioxide levels from natural, pre-industrial levels was not only unlikely but would also amount to less than 1 degree C of global warming.

In June 2007, The New Zealand Center for Policy Research (founded by Muriel Newman formerly an MP in the neo-liberal ACT Party) published an opinion piece by Bellamy entitled 'The Global Warming Myth'. Saying amongst other things that "There are no facts linking the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide with imminent catastrophic global warming".

Recognition

Bellamy also holds or has held these positions:

Recipient of:

Bibliography

Bellamy has written at least 45 books:

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:

Forewords

Bellamy has contributed forewords or introductions to:

External links

References

  1. ^ Hattenstone, Simon. The green man, The Guardian, September 30, 2002
  2. ^ Jenkins, N. (September 1990). "European Wind Energy". The Environmentalist 10 (3): 230-231. ISSN 0251-1088. An International Standard Serial Number ( ISSN) is a unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic Periodical publication.  
  3. ^ Boyle, Stewart; Ardill, John (1989). The Greenhouse Effect. ISBN 0-450-50638-X.  
  4. ^ Junk Science: Global Warming? What a load of poppycock!
  5. ^ George Monbiot, Tuesday May 10, 2005, The Guardian
  6. ^ Times Online: 29 May 2005, In an adverse climate
  7. ^ New Scientist: 11 June 2005, British conservationist to lose posts after climate claims - Issue 2503, page 4
  8. ^ Times Online: 15 May 2005, Wildlife groups axe Bellamy as global warming ‘heretic’
  9. ^ New Zealand Herald: 19 October 2006, Bellamy warms to scientists' scepticism on climate change
  10. ^ Bellamy and Barrett, Climate stability: an inconvenient proof, Proceedings of ICE - Civil Engineering 160, May 2007, 66-72


Persondata
NAME Bellamy, David, OBE
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION English professor, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner
DATE OF BIRTH 1933-01-18
PLACE OF BIRTH London, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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