William Fleming Bewley

William Fleming Bewley (1891 – 11 December 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne) was a British mycologist, plant pathologist, and horticulturalist.

Upon graduating from Armstrong College, Durham University, Bewley was appointed in 1914 as assistant bacteriologist to H. B. Hutchinson at Rothamsted Experimental Station. After serving in the Royal Field Artillery during WW I, Bewley returned to Rothamsted in 1919. A few months after his return, he was appointed mycologist at the Experimental and Research Station, Cheshunt, famous for the fungicide "Cheshunt Compound". He was the station's director from 1921 until its closure in 1955.

When the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute (GCRI) was established in 1954, Bewley became the institute's first director and was responsible for the initial development of the CGRI's Littlehampton site. In retirement, Bewley chaired the Worthing Rural District Council. and in 1938 was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour (VMH) of the Royal Horticultural Society.

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