London School of Economics (undergraduate) University of Edinburgh (postgraduate)
Known for
Sustainable management of renewable resources[citation needed] Government Chief Scientific Adviser (2008–2013)
Spouses
Sarah West
(m. 1968; div. 1972)
Sally Baldwin
(m. 1973; div. 1979)
Caroline Hiller
(m. 1990)
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society (2001) Knight Bachelor (2010) Order of St Michael and St George (2004) Honorary FREng[1] (2012)[2]
Scientific career
Fields
Population biology
Institutions
Oxford Martin School Imperial College London University of York University of Edinburgh
Thesis
The exploitation of red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) in Scotland.
Website
oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/525
Sir John Rex BeddingtonCMG FRS FRSE HonFREng[1] (born 13 October 1945)[2] is a British population biologist and Senior Adviser at the Oxford Martin School, and was previously Professor of Applied Population Biology at Imperial College London, and the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser from 2008 until 2013.[3][4][5]
^ ab"List of Fellows – Royal Academy of Engineering". Raeng.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
^ abc"BEDDINGTON, Sir John (Rex)"(Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press).
^McGourty, Christine (19 March 2009). "Global crisis 'to strike by 2030' chief scientist John Beddington has warned". BBC News.
^"Prof Sir John Beddington warns of floods, droughts and storms – BBC News". BBC. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
^"John Beddington: The science and art of effective advice | guardian.co.uk". The Guardian. London. 4 April 2013.
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