Richard Corfield (born 22 January 1962) is a scientist, science writer, and broadcaster, based in

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, United Kingdom.

Early life

Richard attended a boys'

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, William Ellis School, for the first six years of his life. He received his BS in Zoology in 1983 from

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and his PhD in

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in 1987 from

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where he worked with Professor Sir Nicholas Shackleton FRS on the

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during the

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Epoch.

Career

He is the managing director of the Science and Media consultancy Hanborough Consultants. He has written three books: ''Architects of Eternity: The New Science of Fossils'', ''The Silent Landscape: In the Wake of HMS Challenger,'' and ''Lives of the Planets; A Natural History of the Solar System''. As well as contributing to magazines, on-line publications and newspapers such as ''

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'', '' Chemistry World'', Astrobiology.net, Space.com, and ''

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'' he also wrote and appeared in the Newton Channel/Guardian documentary An Interview with Craig Venter. He is also a regular contributor on radio, particularly to ''

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'' with

Melvyn Bragg Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, (born 6 October 1939), is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian. He is best known for his work with ITV as editor and presenter of '' The South Bank Show'' (1978–2010), and for the BBC Radio 4 documen ...

, '' The Material World,'' and ''The Report''.

Personal life

He lives in Long Hanborough, on the A4095, west of Oxford. He married Julie Cartlidge, with two daughters, born in 1994 and 2000.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corfield, Richard 1962 births British science writers Living people British scientists British palaeontologists Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford People educated at William Ellis School People from West Oxfordshire District Science education in the United Kingdom