Professor richard fortey biography
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Richard Fortey
British paleontologist
Richard Alan Fortey (born 15 February 1946[1] in London) is a British palaeontologist, natural historian, writer and television presenter, who served as president of the Geological Society of London for its bicentennial year of 2007.
Professor richard fortey biography
Early life and education
Fortey was educated at Ealing Grammar School for Boys and King's College, Cambridge, where he read Natural Sciences specialising in geology.[1] He received a PhD and DSc from the University of Cambridge.
Career
Fortey has had a long career as a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in London;[2] his research interests include above all, trilobites: at the age of 14, he discovered his first trilobite, sparking a passionate interest that later became a career.
He has named numerous trilobite species and still continues his research despite having retired from the Museum.
He studies trilobites and graptolites, especially those from the Ord