The Bellairs Research Institute, located on the
Caribbean
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island of
Barbados
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, was founded in 1954 as a field-station for
McGill University
McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...
. Initial funding was from a bequest by British naval commander,
Carlyon Bellairs
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Commander Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs (15 March 1871 – 22 August 1955) was a British Royal Navy officer and politician.
Bellairs was born at Gibraltar, the son of Lieutenant-General Sir William Bellairs, KCMG, and Blanche St. John Bell ...
, for whom the institute is named. Bellairs is located in
Holetown
Holetown (UN/LOCODE: BB HLT), is a small city located in the Caribbean island nation of Barbados. Holetown is located in the parish of Saint James on the sheltered west coast of the island.
History
In 1625, Holetown (formerly as St. James Tow ...
, next to Folkestone Marine Park and Museum, on the western beach of the island.
Initially founded as a
marine biology
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field station, it is also currently used for undergraduates to partake in a Barbados Field Study Semester (BFSS). Environmental Engineering, International Development Studies and Environmental Studies are some of the areas it caters to.
Bellairs runs numerous McGill University field-courses and workshops throughout the year, including Applied Tropical Ecology, Geography, and the Barbados Field Study Semester. Bellairs also holds annual field courses from other universities from around the world including the
University of Toronto (marine biology) and
Western Michigan University (archeology).
Bellairs participated in testing McGill University's
AQUA project
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Arts
* Aqua (color), a greenish-blue color
Business
* Aqua (skyscraper), an 82-story residential skysc ...
– the world's first robot capable of walking and swimming underwater.
The main campus of
McGill University
McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...
is in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, Canada.
External links
The Bellairs Research Institute of McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityHistory of the Bellairs Research InstituteBellairs historical photos, newspaper clippings etc
Footnotes
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McGill University
Canada–Caribbean relations
Barbados–Canada relations
Saint James, Barbados
Education in Barbados
Educational organisations based in Barbados
Oceanographic organizations
Marine biology
1954 establishments in Barbados
Educational institutions established in 1954
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