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| Born | Timothy Robin Radford (1940-10-09)9 October 1940 Rawene, New Zealand |
| Died | 10 February 2025(2025-02-10) (aged 84) |
| Education | Sacred Heart College, Auckland |
| Occupations | Journalist and writer |
| Notable credit(s) | Science editor atThe Guardian, 1980–2005 |
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| Children | 2 |
Timothy Robin Radford (9 October 1940 – 10 February 2025) was a British journalist who was the science editor forThe Guardian newspaper from 1980 to 2005.
Timothy Robin Radford was born inRawene, New Zealand, on 9 October 1940, and grew up inDevonport, nearAuckland.[1] He was educated atSacred Heart College, Auckland.[1][2] At 16, he joinedThe New Zealand Herald as a reporter. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1961, where he worked forFishing News, followed by jobs on local newspapers.[3] He then had a stint as a civil servant, working at first as aWhitehall information officer,[1] and subsequently working in journalism, notably forThe Guardian newspaper, as well as being a contributor to other publications includingThe Lancet,New Scientist andThe London Review of Books.[4]
Radford worked forThe Guardian for 32 years. Over the course of his career, he was letters editor, arts editor, literary editor, and science editor — holding the last post from 1980 until 2005.[5] Radford became increasingly interested in climate change and wrote his first bookThe Crisis of Life on Earth in 1990.[3] He also served on the UK committee for theInternational Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.
In 2011 he co-founded the Climate News Network website.[3]
In 1964, Radford married Maureen Coveney. They had two children, William and Stella, and were married until Maureen's death in 2024.[1][3]
Radford died on 10 February 2025, in Eastbourne, UK at the age of 84.[1][3]
Radford won fourAssociation of British Science Writers awards:[6]
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