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David Attenborough was bor on the 8th of May 1926. He is now 84. He was born in Richmond, London, England. He also has a brother, Richard, who is older than him and a younger brother called John.
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David Attenborough spent his childhood collecting fossils, stones and other natural specimens. He received encouragement in this at age seven, when Jacquetta Hawkes admired his museum. A few years later, one of his adoptive sisters gave him a piece of amber filled with prehistoric creatures.
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In 1950 David Attenborough got married to Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel. Sadly in 1997 Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel passed away.
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First documentary series, Zoo Quest airs
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The couple had two children, Robert and Susan. His son, Dr Robert Attenborough, is a senior lecturer in Bioanthropology for the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra.
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Becomes Director General of BBC
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Resigns from Director General of BBC to concentrate on natural history program making
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1985: David Attenborough is Knighted
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Awarded the Order of Merit by the Queen
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1977: Wildlife on One airs
1979: Life on Earth airs
1993: Life in the Freezer airs
2002: The Life of Mammals airs
2002: Life on Air airs
2005: Life in the Undergrowth is aired
