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He is the author of popular science books on a range of subjects including geology, palaeontology, evolution and natural history. Since 2012, he has also been a television presenter appearing on
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presenting natural history programmes; was Collier Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Technology at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the
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evolution, especially the origin of major groups and the relationships between divergence times, as revealed by molecular evidence and the
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in 2010, travelling with the presenter to the Atlas mountains to find and film trilobite fossils. He contributed to the speculative
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record. His scientific output includes over 250 papers on trilobites, Ordovician stratigraphy and palaeogeography.
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The Roderick Masters Book of Money Making Schemes, or How to Become Enormously Wealthy with Virtually no Effort
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Life: An Unauthorised Biography. A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth
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Fortey has appeared in several of David Attenborough's programmes, including the second episode of
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His popular science writing has earned him the Natural World Book of the Year award (1994) for
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2002 and visiting professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Oxford 1999–2009.
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for its bicentennial year of 2007 and was recently awarded honorary degrees by the
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Ed. Heather & David Godwin, Jackie & Richard Fortey, Pan Books (1982,
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was shortlisted for the Royal Society's Aventis prize for science books.
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for science writing (2003) and is the 2006 holder of the Royal Society's
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The Wood for the Trees: The Long View of Nature from a Small Wood
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Survivors : The animals and Plants that Time has Left Behind
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and modes of life; he is also involved in research on Ordovician
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He has also penned humorous titles under two pseudonyms.
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Fortey has had a long career as a palaeontologist at the
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People educated at Ealing County Grammar School for Boys
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in the Earth's history, while in 2013 he presented the
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Biological Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
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in London; his research interests include above all,
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Archived from 336:Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures 786:(Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N13. 552:; in 1997 he was elected as a fellow of the 313:Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures 1835:Officers of the Order of the British Empire 1805:Fellows of the Geological Society of London 381:for services to palaeontology and geology. 199: 1810:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature 1491: 1477: 901: 887: 375:Officer of the Order of the British Empire 348:Nature’s Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution 47: 820:"Royal Society of Literature All Fellows" 736:"BBC Four – the Secret Life of Rockpools" 540:For his academic research he has won the 53:Fortey in Adelaide, South Australia, 2014 776: 1777: 1472: 882: 692: 667: 665: 535: 416:), Bodley Head (revised edition 2010) 608:Fortey was elected president of the 1830:Alumni of King's College, Cambridge 581:Trilobite!: Eyewitness to Evolution 440:Trilobite!: Eyewitness to Evolution 196:for its bicentennial year of 2007. 13: 662: 14: 1851: 842: 327:, which aired on 16 April 2013. 593:Life: an Unauthorised Biography 573:Life: An Unauthorised Biography 812: 790: 770: 756: 742: 728: 714: 464:) Folio Society edition (2011) 454:The Earth: An Intimate History 436:) Folio Society edition (2008) 330:In 2014, Fortey presented the 307:In 2012, Fortey presented the 206:Ealing Grammar School for Boys 1: 655: 550:Geological Society of Glasgow 325:The Secret Life of Rock Pools 273: 1800:Fellows of the Royal Society 610:Geological Society of London 546:Geological Society of London 400:Fossils: The Key to the Past 239:, especially those from the 194:Geological Society of London 7: 630:Royal Society of Literature 285:Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives 87:Fellow of the Royal Society 10: 1856: 1542:Richard Dickinson Chambers 867:Earth: An Intimate History 638:Palaeontographica Italiana 589:Earth: An Intimate History 368: 235:He studies trilobites and 184:(born 15 February 1946 in 1731: 1514: 1430: 1159: 1071:Warington Wilkinson Smyth 918: 678:Debrett's People of Today 490:, William Collins (2016, 219: 210:King's College, Cambridge 138: 134: 120: 110: 103: 76: 58: 46: 23: 1795:British palaeontologists 702:. Natural History Museum 614:University of St Andrews 575:was shortlisted for the 384: 200:Early life and education 1086:George Douglas Campbell 1046:Joseph Ellison Portlock 986:George Bellas Greenough 946:George Bellas Greenough 926:George Bellas Greenough 470:, HarperCollins (2008, 456:, HarperCollins (2004, 442:, HarperCollins (2000, 408:, Jonathan Cape (1993, 243:and their systematics, 214:University of Cambridge 204:Fortey was educated at 125:University of Cambridge 1352:William Alexander Deer 1272:Herbert Leader Hawkins 340:The Magic of Mushrooms 226:Natural History Museum 129:Natural History Museum 16:British paleontologist 1312:Walter Campbell Smith 1262:Henry Hurd Swinnerton 1202:Arthur Smith Woodward 1061:Andrew Crombie Ramsay 870:, by Richard Fortey, 700:"Prof Richard Fortey" 673:"Richard Alan FORTEY" 622:Birmingham University 569:Michael Faraday Prize 521:Bindweed's Bestseller 379:2023 New Year Honours 373:Fortey was appointed 268:University of Bristol 91:Michael Faraday Prize 1754:Martin David Kruskal 1744:Walter Jakob Gehring 626:Leicester University 585:Samuel Johnson Prize 583:was shortlisted the 561:The Hidden Landscape 406:The Hidden Landscape 359:University Challenge 288:in 1989, as well as 1825:Lyell Medal winners 1764:Stanley B. 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Frink Medal
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Michael Faraday Prize
Linnean Medal
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