David Bellamy
English professor, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner (1933-2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David James Bellamy OBE (18 January 1933 – 11 December 2019) was an English author, broadcaster, environmental campaigner and botanist.[1]
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Born | David James Bellamy (1933-01-18)18 January 1933 London, England |
Died | 11 December 2019(2019-12-11) (aged 86) Durham, England |
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) |
Employer | Durham University |
Known for | botanist, author, broadcast presenter, environmental campaigner |
Spouse | Rosemary Froy (m. 1959) |
Children | 5 |
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Bellamy wrote, appeared in or presented hundreds of television programmes on botany, ecology, environmentalism and other issues. His television series included Bellamy on Botany, Bellamy's Britain, Bellamy's Europe and Bellamy's Backyard Safari.[2][3]
Bellamy died on the morning of 11 December 2019 in Durham, aged 86.[4]