Colin Spedding

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Colin Raymond William Spedding
CBE
Born(1925-03-22)22 March 1925
Died17 December 2012(2012-12-17) (aged 87)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of London
Occupations
Known for
Farming research and animal welfare
advocacy

Sir Colin Raymond William Spedding

Farm Animal Welfare Council, Assured Food Standards and the UK Register of Organic Food Standards.[1] He also held academic posts at the University of Reading and the Grassland Research Institute, and was a prolific author of books on wildlife and agriculture.[2]

Early life and education

Spedding was born in 1925, the son of an itinerant

Second World War, Spedding served aboard Royal Navy torpedo boats.[1] After the war, he secured a menial laboratory job, and studied as an evening student to gain a degree in zoology from the University of London.[1]

Academic career

Between 1949 and 1975, Spedding worked at the

CBE in 1988, and knighted in the 1994 New Year Honours.[1][3]

Animal welfare advocacy

Spedding founded or chaired numerous

Farm Animal Welfare Council, Assured Food Standards, the National Equine Forum, the Apple and Pear Research Council and the UK Register of Organic Food Standards.[1] While heading the Farm Animal Welfare Council in the 1990s, he presided over the development of five key tenets of animal welfare: "freedom from hunger and thirst; from discomfort; from pain and disease; from fear; and freedom to express normal behaviour".[1]

Personal life

Spedding married Betsy George in 1952. They had two sons and a daughter before Betsy's death in 1988;[2] one of their sons predeceased Spedding.[1] Spedding was a keen gardener, and kept a three-acre garden at his home in Berkshire, which he often opened to local schoolchildren for the study of wildlife.[2] He died in December 2012, aged 87.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Professor Sir Colin Spedding". The Daily Telegraph. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Emeritus Professor Sir Colin Spedding 1925 – 2012". University of Reading. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  3. ^ "'Ordinary' people ride high but those at the top can bank on heading list". The Guardian. 31 December 1993. p. 8.

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