David Suzuki

David Suzuki

CC OBC FRSC
David Suzuki; CC OBC FRSC
	Suzuki in 2015
Born	David Takayoshi Suzuki; March 24, 1936 (age 88); Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	Amherst College, B.A. (1958); University of Chicago, PhD (1961);
Awards	Order of Canada, (1976, 2006); UNESCO's Kalinga Prize (1986); Right Livelihood Award (2009);
	Scientific career
Institutions	University of British Columbia
Thesis	Interchromosomal effects on crossing over in Drosophila melanogaster (1961)
Doctoral advisor	Bill Baker
Other academic advisors	Bill Hexter; Dan Lindsley;
Influences	Ian McTaggart-Cowan
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David Takayoshi Suzuki CC OBC FRSC (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster, and environmental activist. He was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia from 1963 until he retired in 2001.

Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has made television and radio series, documentaries and books about nature and the environment. He is host and narrator of the popular and long-running CBC Television science program The Nature of Things.

Suzuki was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2009.

Suzuki is an atheist.^[1]

References[change | change source]

↑ Nancy Schiefer (2006-04-28). "Review: Suzuki laments conscience role". The London Free Press. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2007-10-29. As an atheist, Suzuki declares, he has no illusions about life and death, adding that the individual is insignificant in cosmic terms. Review of book "David Suzuki: The Autobiography", by David Suzuki (Greystone Books, 2006)

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[1] Nancy Schiefer (2006-04-28). "Review: Suzuki laments conscience role". The London Free Press. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2007-10-29. As an atheist, Suzuki declares, he has no illusions about life and death, adding that the individual is insignificant in cosmic terms. Review of book "David Suzuki: The Autobiography", by David Suzuki (Greystone Books, 2006)

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