David Attenborough

Sir David Attenborough (n. 8 mai 1926, Greater London, Anglia, Regatul Unit) este redactor științific și cercetător naturalist britanic. Cariera lui ca față și voce a științelor naturii durează de peste 50 de ani. Attenborough este considerat de britanici comoară națională, cu toate că el nu-și arogă astfel de titluri. El este fratele mai mic al regizorului, producătorului și actorului Richard Attenborough.^[28]

David Attenborough
David Attenborough (2015)
Date personale
Nume la naștere	David Frederick Attenborough
Născut	8 mai 1926 (99 de ani)[1][2][3][4][5] Greater London, Anglia, Regatul Unit[6][7]
Părinți	Frederick Attenborough[*][[Frederick Attenborough (British academic)|​]][8] Mary Clegg[*][[Mary Clegg ((died 1961))|​]][9]
Frați și surori	Richard Attenborough[8] John Attenborough[*][[John Attenborough (English executive in the motor industry (1928–2012))|​]]
Căsătorit cu	Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel[*][[Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel ((died 1997))|​]] (din 1950)[8]
Număr de copii	2
Cetățenie	Regatul Unit
Ocupație	biolog producător de televiziune prezentator de televiziune ecologist naturalist nature photographer[*][[nature photographer (profession)|​]] scriitor scriitor de popularizare a științei[*]​ scenarist de televiziune[*]​ scenarist[*]​ actor de televiziune[*]​ actor de film producător de film regizor de televiziune
Limbi vorbite	limba engleză[10][11][12]
Studii	University College London Clare College[*][[Clare College (college of the University of Cambridge)|​]] (geologie și zoologie)[8] Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys[*][[Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys (former grammar school in Leicester, England)|​]][8]
Mișcare/curent literar	ecologism
Patronaj	British Broadcasting Corporation[8]
Note
Premii	Comandor al Ordinului Imperiului Britanic[*]​[13] Commander of the Royal Victorian Order[*][[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (award in the Royal Victorian Order)|​]][8] Kalinga Prize[*][[Kalinga Prize (UNESCO science award)|​]][8] Premio Princesa de Asturias de Ciencias Sociales[*][[Premio Princesa de Asturias de Ciencias Sociales |​]][8] Bodley Medal[*][[Bodley Medal (British literary award given by the Bodleian Library (2002-))|​]][14] Founder’s Medal[*][[Founder’s Medal (award from the Royal Geographical Society)|​]][15] Cherry Kearton Medal and Award[*][[Cherry Kearton Medal and Award (award for achievement in nature photography)|​]][16] Nierenberg Prize[*][[Nierenberg Prize (American science and technology award)|​]][17] International Cosmos Prize[*][[International Cosmos Prize (Japanese science award (1993-))|​]][8] Linnean Tercentenary Medal[*][[Linnean Tercentenary Medal |​]][18] Natural World Book Prize[*][[Natural World Book Prize (award conferred by The Wildlife Trusts and presented to recognise environmental literature)|​]] Benjamin Franklin Medal[*][[Benjamin Franklin Medal (medal conferred by the RSA)|​]][8] Ordinul de Merit[*]​[8] Companion of Honour[*]​ Michael Faraday Prize[*][[Michael Faraday Prize (British award in science communication)|​]][8][19] Fellow of the Zoological Society of London[*][[Fellow of the Zoological Society of London (fellowship of the Zoological Society of London)|​]][20] Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science[*][[Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science |​]][21] Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries[*][[Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (award of the Society of Antiquaries of London)|​]] Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology[*][[Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (Award and fellowship granted by the Royal Society of Biology)|​]] Fellow of the Linnean Society of London[*][[Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (award of the Linnean Society of London)|​]] Membru al Academiei Americane de Arte și Științe[*]​ Caird Medal[*][[Caird Medal (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich)|​]][8] Honorary member of the British Ecological Society[*][[Honorary member of the British Ecological Society |​]] Premio Fonseca[*][[Premio Fonseca |​]][22] Knight Bachelor[*][[Knight Bachelor (title granted to a man who has been knighted by the British monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry)|​]] Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator[*][[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator (category since 2014)|​]] Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator[*][[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator (category since 2014)|​]] Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator[*][[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator (category since 2014)|​]] Crystal Award[*][[Crystal Award (World Economic Forum’s annual award for leading artists whose leadership has inspired inclusive and sustainable change)|​]][23] Champions of the Earth[*]​[24] Scottish Geographical Medal[*][[Scottish Geographical Medal (highest accolade of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society)|​]] Livingstone Medal[*][[Livingstone Medal (award conferred by the Royal Geographical Society, England)|​]] Premiul Emmy Edinburgh Medal[*][[Edinburgh Medal (scientific medal given at the Edinburgh International Science Festival)|​]] Honorary Fellow of the Zoological Society of London[*][[Honorary Fellow of the Zoological Society of London |​]] Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London[*][[Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London (award conferred by Zoological Society of London (1847-))|​]] CIEEM Medal[*][[CIEEM Medal |​]][25] doctor honoris causa[26] eredoctoraat van de Universiteit Antwerpen[*][[eredoctoraat van de Universiteit Antwerpen |​]][27]
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Filme realizate

Articol principal: Filmografia lui David Attenborough

Attenborough este cunoscut cel mai mult pentru serialul Life din zece părți pe care l-a scris și l-a prezentat, care sunt prezentate în ordine cronologică mai jos:

• Life on Earth (1979)
• The Living Planet (1984)
• The Trials of Life (1990)
• Life in the Freezer (1993)
• The Private Life of Plants (1995)
• The Life of Birds (1998)
• The Life of Mammals (2002)
• Life in the Undergrowth (2005)
• Life in Cold Blood (2008)
• First Life (2010)

Pentru audiența britanică vocea lui este sinonimă cu documentare despre viața animalelor și plantelor sălbatice, iar seria principală cu care narațiunea este asociată includ:

• Wildlife on One (1977–2005)
• BBC Wildlife Specials (1995–2008)
• The Blue Planet (2001)
• Planet Earth (versiune britanică) (2006)
• Nature's Great Events (2009)
• Life (2009)
• Frozen Planet (2011)

Cărți

Bibliografie

• Zoo Quest to Guyana (Lutterworth Press, 1956)
• Zoo Quest for a Dragon (Lutterworth Press, 1957)
  • (book club edition with 85 extra pages, Quest for the Paradise Birds, 1959)
• Zoo Quest in Paraguay (Lutterworth Press, 1959)
  • paperback (Penguin Books, 1982)
• Quest in Paradise (1960)
• People of Paradise (Harper & Brothers, 1960)
• Zoo Quest to Madagascar (1961)
• Quest Under Capricorn (1963)
• Fabulous Animals (BBC, 1975) ISBN 0-563-17006-9
• The Tribal Eye (1976)
• Life on Earth (1979)
• Discovering Life on Earth (1981)
• Journeys to the past: Travels in New Guinea, Madagascar, and the northern territory of Australia (1983) Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-00.64133
• The Living Planet (1984)
• The First Eden: The Mediterranean World and Man (1987)(Little Brown & Co (T); 1st American ed edition (March 1990))
• The Atlas of the Living World (1989)
• The Trials of Life (Collins, 1990) ISBN 0-00-219912-2
• The Private Life of Plants (BBC Books, 1994) ISBN 0-563-37023-8
• The Life of Birds (BBC Books, 1998) ISBN 0-563-38792-0
• The Life of Mammals (BBC Books, 2002) ISBN 0-563-53423-0
• Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster (autobiography; 2002) ISBN 0-563-53461-3
  • paperback: ISBN 0-563-48780-1
  • updated edition: ISBN 9781846076527
• Life in the Undergrowth (BBC Books, 2005) ISBN 0-563-52208-9
• Amazing Rare Things - The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery with Susan Owens, Martin Clayton and Rea Alexandratos (The Royal Collection, 2007) Hardback - ISBN 978-1-902163-46-8; Softback - ISBN 978-1-902163-99-4
• Life in Cold Blood (BBC Books, 2007) ISBN 9780563539223
• Life Stories, (HarperCollins Publishers, 2009) ISBN 9780007338832
• New Life Stories, (Collins, 2011) ISBN 9780007425129

Premii

• 1970: BAFTA Desmond Davis Award
• 1974: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• 1980: BAFTA Fellowship
• 1983: Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
• 1985: Knighthood^[29]
• 1991: Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for producing Queen Elizabeth II's Christmas broadcast for a number of years from 1986
• 1991: Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[30]
• 1996: Companion of Honour (CH) "for services to nature broadcasting"
• 1998: International Cosmos Prize
• 2003: Michael Faraday Prize premiu acordat de Royal Society
• 2004: Descartes Prize for Outstanding Science Communication Actions
• 2004: Caird Medal acordat de National Maritime Museum
• 2005: Order of Merit (OM)^[31]
• 2005: Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest
• 2006: National Outdoor Book Award (Nature and the Environment category), Life in the Underground
• 2006: National Television Awards Special Recognition Award
• 2006: Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management^[32] - Institute Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the public perception and understanding of ecology
• 2006: The Culture Show British Icon Award
• 2007: British Naturalists' Association Peter Scott Memorial Award
• 2009: BAFTA Specialist factual award for Life In Cold Blood
• 2009: Prince of Asturias Award^[33]
• 2010: Fonseca Prize
• 2010: Queensland Museum Medal^[34][35]
• ???? RSPB Medal^[36][37]
• 2011: Society for the History of Natural History Founders' Medal