David Suzuki

Canadian popular scientist and environmental activist

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.

David Suzuki

Suzuki in 2015
Born
David Takayoshi Suzuki

(1936-03-24) March 24, 1936 (age 88)
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia
ThesisInterchromosomal effects on crossing over in Drosophila melanogaster (1961)
Doctoral advisorBill Baker
Other academic advisors
  • Bill Hexter
  • Dan Lindsley
InfluencesIan McTaggart-Cowan
Signature

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

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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)