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Sir David Frederick Attenborough (/ ˈ æ t ən b ə r ə /; born 8 May 1926) is a British broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and writer.
Apr 4, 2024 · Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid collided with Earth, causing a mass extinction that wiped our three-quarters of animal life. “Out of the darkness that followed emerged a group that went on...
- Graeme Green
Feb 25, 2024 · At 97, Sir David Attenborough is a man still happy to crawl on his belly through wet grass to get his shot.
- Bethany Minelle
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Nov 15, 2022 · 1926 (8th May) David Frederick Attenborough was born in Isleworth, London to Frederick Levi Attenborough and his wife Jane. David was the couple’s second son, his brother Richard had been born in 1923. His father was principal of Leicester University and the family lived on the campus.
Feb 3, 2020 · Attenborough was asked to join the BBC Natural History Unit, established in Bristol in 1957, but he refused because he didn’t want to move from London where his family was already settled.
May 15, 2015 · Despite his growing success, Attenborough left the BBC in the early 1960s to study social anthropology at the London School of Economics. However, when BBC Two was created in 1965,...
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Attenborough, David 1926- (David Frederick Attenborough, Sir David Attenborough) PERSONAL: Born May 8, 1926, in London, England; son of Frederick Levi and Mary Attenborough; married Jane Elizabeth Oriel, 1950 (died, 1997); children: Robert, Susan.
