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| Born | David Takayoshi Suzuki (1936-03-24)March 24, 1936 (age 88) Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Institutions | University of British Columbia |
| Thesis | Interchromosomal effects on crossing over in Drosophila melanogaster (1961) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bill Baker |
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| Influences | Ian McTaggart-Cowan |
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David Takayoshi SuzukiCC OBC FRSC (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, sciencebroadcaster, andenvironmental activist. He was a professor in thegenetics department at theUniversity 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-runningCBC Television science programThe Nature of Things.
Suzuki was awarded theRight Livelihood Award in 2009.
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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