John David Emrys Beynon (born 11 March 1939) is a British academic who served as the 17th Principal of

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

Biography

He was educated at the

University of Wales The University of Wales () is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff – the university was the first universit ...

and at the

University of Southampton The University of Southampton (abbreviated as ''Soton'' in post-nominal letters) is a public university, public research university in Southampton, England. Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universit ...

. From 1964 to 1967 he was a lecturer at the

. He was Professor of Electronics at the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology from 1977 to 1979, and then Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the

University of Surrey The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England. The university received its Royal Charter, royal charter in 1966, along with a Plate glass university, number of other institutions following recommendations ...

from 1979 to 1983. He then became Principal of

in 1990, serving until 1992, when he resigned after a breakdown of trust. He is a Fellow of the

Institution of Electrical Engineers The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and information technology professionals, especially electrical engineers. It began in 1871 as the Society of Tel ...

, the

Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering. The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senio ...

, and of

. He is the secretary of the Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church in London, and after talking with protesters outside a

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fund-raising Christmas event hosted by that church, he stated the PSC's presence there was "unreasonable"*uatvukwe. , ''Protest at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Christmas Carol Service, London'', London, 3 December 2009. for the church to have hosted the group owing to its associations with

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beynon, John 1939 births Alumni of the University of Southampton Academics of King's College London Principals of King's College London Fellows of King's College London Academics of the University of Southampton Academics of the University of Surrey Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Living people