Background
David Bellamy was born on January 18, 1933, in London, United Kingdon. He is the son of Thomas Bellamy and Winifred Green.
The Most Excellent Order of the Golden Ark is a Dutch order of merit.
A proud Bellamy receiving his OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
The botanist in his natural habitat - in a garden at Hampton Court Flower Show.
One of the moments in animal television history.
One of the moments in animal television history.
One of the moments in animal television history.
David Bellamy was born on January 18, 1933, in London, United Kingdon. He is the son of Thomas Bellamy and Winifred Green.
David attended Chatsworth Road Primary School, Cheam Road Junior School and Sulton County Grammar School. He received a B.Sc. from Chelsea College of Science and Technology, London, and a Ph.D. from Bedford College, London, United Kingdom.
In 1960, David Bellamy became a lecturer in Botany Department of Durham University, after having worked as a laboratory assistant at Ewell Technical College, London and before becoming a graduate. However, it was his environmental consultancy work on the Torrey Canyon oil spillage in 1967 that brought him into prominence as a result of his write up in a leading scientific journal named “Nature”.
Also, he wrote many books for TV series in the 1980’s, especially for children’s enjoyment and education. In 1980, he released a musical single entitled ‘Brontosaurus Will You Wait For Me?’. It reached number 88 in the charts then.
Besides, Bellamy worked for the New Zealand Tourism department’s unique program for foreign journalists. While in New Zealand, he also worked on a documentary series known as “Noah’s Ark” which was released in 1990.
Moreover, he is one of the originators of the Ford European Conservation Awards. Significantly, David Bellamy has worked on and presented hundreds of television programs on Botany, ecology, environmental and other issues. Examples of such include “Bellamy on Botany”, “Bellamy Britain”; “Bellamy Europe”; and “Bellamy Backyard Safari”.
In 1983, Bellamy was jailed for blockading the Australian Franklin River in a protest against a proposed dam. On the 18th of August, 1984, he jumped from the pier at St. Abbs Harbor into the North Sea and thereby Voluntary Marine Reserve, the St. Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve.
In the late 1980’s, he staged a campaign in Jersey, Channel Islands, to save Queen Valley from being turned into a reservoir because of the presence of a rare type of snail, but he was unable to stop it. Besides, David Bellamy is the President of the British Institute of Cleaning Service (BICSc) and a strong supporter of the BICSc plan to educate young people to care for and protect the environment. Also, he runs the David Bellamy Awards program as a competition designed to encourage schools to be aware of and act positively towards environmental cleanliness.
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1989In 2004, David Bellamy wrote an article in the Daily Mail, where he expressed his thought that: "Global warming is part of natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles. The world is now facing spending a vast amount of money in tax to try to solve a problem that doesn’t actually exist." But later he has changed his views completely. Bellamy has complained that his views on global warming have resulted in the rejection of programme ideas by the BBC.
Bellamy was regularly parodied by impersonators such as Lenny Henry on Tiswas with a "grapple me grapenuts" catchphrase. His distinctive voice has been used in advertising.
David married Rosemary Froy in 1959. They have two sons and three daughters.