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John David Emrys Beynon (born 11 March 1939) is a British academic who served as the 17th Principal of King's College London.
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John David Emrys Beynon (born 11 March 1939) is a British academic who served as the 17th Principal of King's College London.
He was educated at the University of Wales and at the University of Southampton. From 1964 to 1967 he was a lecturer at the University of Southampton. 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 from 1979 to 1983. He then became Principal of King's College London in 1990, serving until 1992, when he resigned after a breakdown of trust. [1] He is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and of King's College London.
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