| Authorised form of name | Beament; Sir; James William Longman (1921 - 2005) |
| Dates | 1921 - 2005 |
| Place of birth | Ashlands Farm, Crewkerne, Somerset |
| Date of birth | 17/11/1921 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |
| Date of death | 10/03/2005 |
| Occupation | Entomologist |
| Research field | Entomology |
| Acoustics |
| Activity | Education:
Crewkerne Grammar School; Queen's College Cambridge (read Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry); member of Cambridge Home Guard, allowed to study for a third year - directed to entomology; London School of Tropical Medicine
Career:
Agricultural Research Council Unit of Insect Physiology, Cambridge; Lecturer in Zoology, University of Cambridge (1961-1966); Fellow and Tutor, Queens' College, Cambridge (1961-1989), Vice President (1981-1986), Life Fellow (1989-2005); Chairman of Committee on "The Future of Agriculture", Cambridge University; Reader in Insect Physiology (1966-1969); Drapers' Professor of Agriculture and Chairman of the Biology Department (1969-1989, Emeritus); Head of Department of Applied Biology (1969-1989); taught Acoustics for Music Department, Cambridge University; member of the Composers' Guild; Chairman, National Environmental Research Council (1977-1980); Chairman of Advisory Research Committee of Central Electricity Generating Board
Honours:
Kt 1980 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1964 |
| Age at election | 42 |
| Relationships | Married three times - secondly (c1947) to Joyce Quinney; thirdly (1962) to Juliet Barker |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2006 vol 52 pp 15-27, plate, by John T Green |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/44452377 |
| Code | NA3930 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1964/03 | Beament, James William Longman: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/69/18 | Referee's report by David Keilin, on a paper 'The waterproofing process in eggs of Rhodnius prolixus Stähl' by James William Longman Beament | 20 March 1946 |
| IM/000306 | Beament, Sir James (William Longman) | 07 October 2001 |