David Attenborough

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David Attenborough is a renowned British broadcaster and natural historian best known for his influential nature documentaries and contributions to public understanding of the natural world.


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instanceOf broadcaster
documentary filmmaker
human
natural historian
academicDegree Natural Sciences
awardReceived BAFTA Fellowship
Companion of Honour
Knight Bachelor
Order of Merit
Order of the British Empire
Primetime Emmy Award
Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Medal
birthDate 1926-05-08
birthPlace Isleworth, Middlesex, England
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt Clare College, University of Cambridge
Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys
employer BBC
familyName Attenborough
fieldOfWork natural history
wildlife documentary
fullName Sir David Frederick Attenborough
gender male
genre nature documentary
givenName David
hasHonorificPrefix Sir
influenced public understanding of the natural world
languageSpoken English
movement environmentalism
nationality British
notableFor nature documentaries
public communication of science
raising awareness of biodiversity loss
raising awareness of climate change
notableWork A Life on Our Planet
Frozen Planet
Life in Cold Blood
Life in the Undergrowth
Life on Earth
Our Planet
Planet Earth
Planet Earth II
The Blue Planet
The Life of Birds
The Life of Mammals
The Living Planet
The Trials of Life
occupation broadcaster
narrator
naturalist
television producer
writer
publisher BBC Natural History Unit
residence London, England
sibling John Attenborough
Richard Attenborough
spouse Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel


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