Background
BEVERTON, Raymond John Heaphy was born on August 29, 1922 in London. Son of Edgar John Beverton and Dorothy Sybil Mary Beverton.
professor of fisheries ecology
BEVERTON, Raymond John Heaphy was born on August 29, 1922 in London. Son of Edgar John Beverton and Dorothy Sybil Mary Beverton.
Forest School, Snaresbrook, Downing College, Cambridge.
Joined Fisheries Research Laboratory (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food MAFF) 1947, Deputy Director, Fisheries Research 1959-1965. Secretary NERC 196580. Senior Research Fellow, University of Bristol, engaged on study of change and adaptation in scientific research careers 1981-1982.
Programme Integrator, Institute Federation Instituts for Advanced Study 1982-1984. Professor, of Fisheries Science, Department, of Applied Biology, University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) 1984-1989. Head School of Pure and Applied Biology, University of Wales College, of Cardiff 1988-1989.
Honorary Professorial Fellow UWIST 1982-1984, Honorary Doctor of Science (Wales) 1988. Chairman Comparative Fishing Committee of Institute Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) 1957-1962, Research and Statistics Committee of Institute Commission, for Northwest Atlantic Fisheries 1960-1963. Chairman Natural Sciences Advisory Committee for UNESCO 1984-1985.
President Challenger Society. Vice-President Freshwater Biological Association since 1980.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Fisheries Research and Development Board 1972-1979. Council, Scottish Marine Biology Association 1984-1986.
Married Kathleen Edith Mamer in 1947.