- John Beddington
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name = Professor John Beddington CMG FRS
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birth_date = 1946
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residence = UK
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field = Applied Population Biology
work_institutions = Imperial College, York University, The University of Edinburgh
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known_for = economics and biology of sustainable management of renewable resources
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prizes = Heidelberg Award for Environmental Excellence
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footnotes =John Beddington CMG FRS (born 1946) is the
Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government and Professor of Applied Population Biology at Imperial College, London.Beddington studied at the
University of Edinburgh (PhD 1973). He joinedImperial College in 1984, was promoted to Reader in 1987 [ [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.beddington] Staff page on the Imperial College website] and was appointed Professor of Applied Population Biology there in 1991 [ [http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page13362.asp] New Government Chief Scientific Adviser announced - 10 Downing Street website, accessed 13th January 2008] .Beddington is a specialist in the economics and biology of sustainable management of renewable resources, and has previously advised UK ministers on scientific and environmental issues. He chairs the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ’ science advisory panel and the Defence Scientific Advisory Committee, and is a member of the Natural Environmental Research Council [ [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.beddington/honoursandawards Honours and awards J Beddington] imperial.ac.uk] . He has also advised the European Commission and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.Professor Beddington was awarded the Heidelberg Award for Environmental Excellence in June 1997, was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001 and was awarded theCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004, in recognition of his services to fisheries science and management.On 1st October 2007, it was announced by the Prime Minister that Beddington would succeed Professor Sir David King as the
Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government [ [http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page13362.asp New Government Chief Scientific Adviser announced] 10 Downing Street,2007-10-01 ]References
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