Rennie Montague Bere

Background

Bere was the son of a clergyman.

Education

He was educated at Marlborough College and in 1926 entered Selwyn College, Cambridge.

Career

In 1957 he became a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. In 1930 he joined the British Colonial Service, went to Uganda and worked as District Commissioner und later as Provincial Commissioner for the northern Province. Bere researched many inselbergs, the Imatong range on the Sudanese border and the Virunga volcano.

In 1955 he became Director and Chief Ranger of the Uganda National Parks.

Bere published about a dozen books including The Way to the Mountains of the Moon (1966), Antelopes (1970), The Nature Of Cornwall (1982) and his autobiography A Cuckoo"s Parting Cry: a personal account of life and work in Uganda between 1930 and 1960 (1990).

Achievements

• During his thirty years in Uganda he accomplished many feats of mountaineering and added to knowledge of the mountains particularly of the Ruwenzori range.

Works

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  • The African elephant (The World of animals series)

Membership

In 1928 he became a member of the Alpine Club, London.