Kate Bertram
Kate Bertram JP | |
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| President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge | |
| In office 1970–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Anna McClean Bidder |
| Succeeded by | Phyllis Hetzel |
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| Born | 8 July 1912 |
| Died | 6 July 1999 (aged 86) |
| Spouse | Colin Bertram |
| Education | Hayes Court, Kent and Newnham College, University of Cambridge |
Cicely Kate Bertram, JP (née Ricardo; 8 July 1912 – 6 July 1999) was a British academic specialising in East African and Palestinian fisheries, and working with her husband Colin Bertram on sirenea.[1][2] Part of the 1930s "Cambridge school" of biologists, she contributed to two seminal reports on freshwater fish in eastern Africa.
Early life and education
[edit]Bertram was born in London to Sir Harry Ricardo and Beatrice Hale in 1912.[1] She attended Newnham College, Cambridge.
In 1939, she married Colin Bertram, British marine zoologist, with whom she had four sons.
Career
[edit]After the second world war, Bertram returned to Cambridge, where she taught at Newnham College and Girton College,[1] which, at the time, were the only colleges which admitted women to the University of Cambridge. While at the university, she was a member of the "Dining Group", who helped establish New Hall (now Murray Edwards College) in 1954, a college for women whose careers and education had been interrupted by family responsibilities.
Lucy Cavendish College
[edit]In 1965, Lucy Cavendish College was founded; Bertram became the first Tutor and Secretary to the Governing body. In 1970, Bertram became the second ever President of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, a position she held until her retirement in 1979. She was an honorary fellow of the college from 1982-1999.[1] Later in life, Bertram suffered Alzheimer's, and died in Graffham, Sussex 6 July 1999.
The Kate Bertram Prize is awarded at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, to students receiving First Class results in non-tripos examinations.[3]
Bertram also had an extensive fieldwork career with her husband, travelling to Australia, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Belize and the Guianas to study manatees and dugongs.[2] From 1962 to 1977, they published almost two dozen scientific articles and books, including in Nature, on the ecology, economic uses, and conservation of sirenians. The IUCN/SSC Sirenia Specialist Group was created largely as a result of their data collection on sirenia distribution and status.
Bertram served as a Justice of the Peace in Cambridgeshire, eastern England, for twenty years.
Publications
[edit]- Ricardo, C.K. n.d. (1939). Report on the Fish and Fisheries of Lake Rukwa in Tanganyika Territory and the Bangweulu Region in Northern Rhodesia. London: Crown Agents for the Colonies.
- Bertram, C.K., Borley, H.J.H. & Trewavas, E. (1942). Report on the Fish and Fisheries of Lake Nyasa. London: Crown Agents for the Colonies. Known as the 1939 Survey.
- C. Kate Bertram (1989). Lucy Cavendish College: A history of the early years.
- Bertram, C. Kate & Janet Trant (1991). Ion Trant. (Ed). Letters from the Swamps. Graffham, Sussex: Dr C.K. Bertram.
- C.K. Ricardo Bertram (1944). "Abridged Report on The Fish and Fishery of Lake Tiberias" Haifa: Palestine Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Obituary: Kate Bertram". The Independent. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Sirenews". 26 December 2001. Archived from the original on 26 December 2001. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Celebrating Student Achievement: Bursaries, Awards and Prizes Formal Hall". Lucy Cavendish. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- Peter N B Jackson. "Obituary: Kate Bertram" Ichthos 62, December 1999. ISSN 1011-7490. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
- "Death Reported: Cicely Kate Ricardo Bertram" Sirenews 33, April 2000. Retrieved 9 May 2000.
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