27 Facts About David Bellamy

David James Bellamy was an English botanist, television presenter, author and environmental campaigner.

David Bellamy was raised in a Baptist family and retained a strong Christian faith throughout his life.

David Bellamy gained an honours degree in botany at Chelsea College of Science and Technology in 1957 and a doctor of philosophy at Bedford College in 1960.

David Bellamy was influenced by Gene Stratton-Porter's 1909 novel A Girl of the Limberlost and Disney's 1940 film Fantasia.

David Bellamy married Rosemary Froy in 1959, and the couple remained together until her death in 2018.

David Bellamy lived with Rosemary in the Pennines, in County Durham.

David Bellamy published many scientific papers and books between 1966 and 1986.

David Bellamy performed it on Blue Peter wearing an orange jump suit.

One of those was David Bellamy, who did not just report from the event, but decided to compete.

David Bellamy wrote, appeared in, or presented hundreds of television programmes on botany, ecology, environmentalism, and other issues.

David Bellamy was regularly parodied by impersonators such as Lenny Henry on Tiswas with a "gwapple me gwapenuts" catchphrase.

In 1983, David Bellamy was imprisoned for blockading the Australian Franklin River in a protest against a proposed dam.

David Bellamy credited this campaign with the decline in his career as a popular celebrity and television personality.

David Bellamy was a prominent campaigner against the construction of wind farms in undeveloped areas, despite appearing very enthusiastic about wind power in the educational video Power from the Wind produced by Britain's Central Electricity Generating Board.

David Bellamy was the president of the British Institute of Cleaning Science, and was a strong supporter of its plan to educate young people to care for and protect the environment.

The David Bellamy Awards Programme is a competition designed to encourage schools to be aware of, and act positively towards, environmental cleanliness.

David Bellamy was a patron of the British Homeopathic Association, and the UK plastic recycling charity Recoup from 1998.

David Bellamy subsequently accepted that his figures on glaciers were wrong, and announced in a letter to The Sunday Times in 2005 that he had "decided to draw back from the debate on global warming", although David Bellamy jointly authored a paper with Jack Barrett in the refereed Civil Engineering journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, entitled "Climate stability: an inconvenient proof" in May 2007.

In 2008 David Bellamy signed the Manhattan Declaration, calling for the immediate halt to any tax-funded attempts to counteract climate change.

David Bellamy maintained a view that man-made climate change is "poppycock", insisting that climate change is part of a natural cycle.

David Bellamy's opinions changed the way some organisations viewed Bellamy.

The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts stated in 2005, "We are not happy with his line on climate change", and David Bellamy, who had been president of the Wildlife Trusts since 1995, was succeeded by Aubrey Manning in November 2005.

David Bellamy asserted that his views on global warming resulted in the rejection of programme ideas by the BBC.

David Bellamy wrote or contributed to at least 45 books, including:.

David Bellamy was "consultant editor and contributor" for this series, published by Hamlyn in conjunction with the Royal Society for Nature Conservation:.

David Bellamy was awarded an Honorary Dr of Science, degree from Bournemouth University.

David Bellamy was the recipient of a number of other awards:.