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David Attenborough

Author of Life on Earth: A Natural History

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Written with David Attenborough's characteristic charm, humour and warmth, Journeys to the Other Sid of the World is an inimitable adventure among people, places and the wildest of wildlife. — biography from Journeys to the Other Side of the World: further adventures of a young naturalist
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Works by David Attenborough
Life on Earth: A Natural History 1,482 copies, 8 reviews
The Living Planet 1,116 copies, 7 reviews
Life on Air 708 copies, 18 reviews
The Trials of Life 628 copies, 4 reviews
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future 556 copies, 16 reviews
The Life of Birds 554 copies, 3 reviews
The First Eden: The Mediterranean World and Man 471 copies, 3 reviews
The Private Life of Plants 428 copies, 1 review
The Life of Mammals 358 copies, 3 reviews
Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery 307 copies, 7 reviews
Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest Expeditions 242 copies, 3 reviews
Life in the Undergrowth 241 copies, 3 reviews
Life (Narrator) 125 copies
Life in Cold Blood 115 copies, 1 review
Life in the Freezer: A Natural History of the Antarctic (Narrator) 114 copies, 1 review
Borneo 96 copies, 1 review
Life Stories 93 copies, 3 reviews
The Atlas of the Living World 89 copies, 1 review
Frozen Planet [2011 TV series] 85 copies
Zoo Quest for a Dragon, Including the Quest for the Paradise Birds 84 copies, 2 reviews
The Zoo Quest Expeditions: Travels in Guyana, Indonesia, and Paraguay 83 copies, 1 review
Journeys to the Other Side of the World: further adventures of a young… 78 copies
Drawn from Paradise: The Natural History, Art and Discovery of the Birds… 77 copies, 1 review
Zoo Quest to Guiana 76 copies, 1 review
Discovering Life on Earth 73 copies
Planet Earth II 63 copies, 1 review
Journeys to the Past 57 copies, 2 reviews
The Living Planet: Augmented and Enlarged Edition 48 copies, 1 review
The tribal eye 47 copies, 1 review
The Life of Birds 46 copies
Light on the Earth: Two Decades of Winning Images (Wildlife Photographer… 46 copies
Quest in Paradise 45 copies
David Attenborough's New Life Stories 44 copies, 2 reviews
Blue Planet II (BD) [Blu-ray] 40 copies
Life on Earth: Augmented and Enlarged Edition 38 copies
Zoo Quest to Madagascar 36 copies
The Life of Mammals 32 copies
Life in the Freezer [1993 TV series] 30 copies
Life in the Undergrowth [2005 TV series] 29 copies
Africa [2013 TV series] 27 copies
Quest Under Capricorn 27 copies
The Trials of Life: Augmented and Enlarged Edition 23 copies, 1 review
Life On Earth [1979 TV series] 20 copies, 1 review
The Living Planet [1984 TV Series] 19 copies, 1 review
The Private Life of Plants [1995 TV series] 19 copies, 1 review
Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages 18 copies
David Attenboroughs First Life [DVD] 18 copies, 2 reviews
Zoo Quest in Paraguay 18 copies
The Blue Planet Seas of Life: Ocean World / Frozen Seas [2001 TV series] (Narrator) 17 copies
Wildlife through the camera 16 copies
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life [2009 film] 15 copies, 1 review
Life in Cold Blood [2008 TV series] 15 copies
The Hunt 14 copies
Trials of Life (Host) 13 copies, 1 review
Nature's Great Events 13 copies, 1 review
The Blue Planet Seas of Life: Seasonal Seas / Coral Seas [2001 TV series] (Narrator) 13 copies
Life Story (Host) 13 copies
The Blue Planet Seas of Life: Tidal Seas / Coasts [2001 TV series] (Narrator) 13 copies
Dynasties (4K/BD) [Blu-ray] 13 copies
Lost Worlds Vanished Lives 12 copies
Madagascar (Director) 12 copies
Een leven op onze planeet een terugblik en een toekomstvisie 11 copies
Seven Worlds, One Planet (Narrator) 11 copies
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive 3D [UK Import] [1080i… 10 copies
Life/Planet Earth Collection [Blu-ray] 9 copies
Flying Monsters 3D [Blu-ray] 9 copies, 2 reviews
Galapagos with David Attenborough [DVD] 9 copies
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild 8 copies
David Attenborough Wildlife Specials 8 copies
Micro Monsters 8 copies
Blue Planet: The Collection 7 copies
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 7 copies
The Tribal Eye [TV series] 6 copies
The First Eden 6 copies
Rise of Animals - Triumph of the Vertebrates 6 copies
The Life Collection : David Attenborough (24 Disc BBC Box Set) 5 copies
Blue Planet: Complete BBC Series (Special Edition) (2005) 5 copies
The BBC Earth Collection: Planet Earth / Earth: The Biography [Blu-ray] 5 copies
Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea (Director) 5 copies
Life Stories (David Attenborough) (Blu-ray) 5 copies
Kingdom of Plants (Presenter) 5 copies
Deep Blue [2003 film] 5 copies
Illustrations of birds drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear 5 copies
The Life of Mammals, Vol. 4 4 copies
Selected from " Life on Earth " (Ourworld Series) 4 copies
David Attenborough's; Life on Land a DVD Encyclopaedia 4 copies
Truth About Climate Change [Region 2] 3 copies
Antarctica: The Last Wilderness [1993 video] (Narrator) 3 copies
State of the Planet 3 copies
National Geographic: Wild India (Narrated by Sir David Attenborough) 3 copies
David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef 3 copies
The Life Trilogy(Life On Earth-The Living Planet-The Trials Of Life) 3 copies
Planet Earth II/ Blue Planet II (4KUHD) [Blu-ray] 3 copies, 1 review
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link 3 copies
Frozen Planet II [DVD] 3 copies
People of paradise 3 copies
A Perfect Planet [2021 TV series] 3 copies
My favourite stories of exploration. 3 copies
Egy élet a bolygónkon. A szemtanú vallomása - és látomás a Föld… 3 copies
Una vida en nuestro planeta: Mi testimonio y una visión para el futuro 3 copies, 1 review
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities - Series 1 & 2 3 copies
The Green Planet 3 copies
Frozen Seas [2012 TV episode] 2 copies
Trials of Life: Courting 2 copies
Hummingbirds 2 copies
Hunstein-Korowori : Sculpture from the Sepik Hills, New Guinea (Contributor) 2 copies
Viagens ao Outro Lado do Mundo Mais aventuras de um jovem naturalista 2 copies
Egy ifjú természettudós történetei… 2 copies
Avventure di un giovane naturalista 2 copies
Trials of Life: Growing Up 2 copies
David Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants | Documentary | NON-USA… 2 copies
The Early Years: "Zoo Quest for a Dragon", "Quest in Paradise", "Quest… 2 copies
David Attenborough's Tasmania | Documentary | NON-USA Format | PAL |… 2 copies
Life of birds [videorecording] : to fly or not to fly? / the mastery of… 2 copies
Os Desafios da Vida 2 copies
Life that Glows [DVD] 2 copies
Planet Earth: S01, E07 Great Plains [2006 TV episode] 2 copies
The Living Planet: The Open Ocean [1984 TV episode] 2 copies, 1 review
Trials of Life: Hunting and Escaping (VHS) 2 copies
The Living Planet - Volumes 7, 8 & 9 2 copies
The Planet Collection (Blue Planet/Planet Earth/Frozen Planet) [DVD] 2 copies
Great Wildlife Moments [documentary] 2 copies
The Living Planet - Volumes 5 & 6 2 copies
The Living Planet - Volumes 3 & 4 2 copies
The Living Planet - Volumes 1 & 2 2 copies
The Living Planet - Volumes 10, 11 & 12 2 copies
Natural World - The David Attenborough Collection 2 copies
Planeta žije 2 copies
Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar 2 copies
Nosso Planeta. O alerta do maior ecologista do nosso tempo (Em Portugues… 1 copy
Az első édenkert: A Földközi-tenger világa és az emebr 1 copy
Une vie sur notre planète 1 copy
Uma Vida no Nosso Planeta O meu testemunho e a minha visão para o futuro 1 copy
Uma Vida No Nosso Planeta 1 copy
Tribal Encounters: Ethnic Objects Collected by David Attenborough -… 1 copy
Utazások a világ túlsó felére egy… 1 copy
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy 1 copy
First Eden (Repackaged) [DVD] 1 copy
Attenborough in Paradise (Repackaged) [DVD] 1 copy
Plants 1 copy
NATURALEZA ASOMBROSA EN EL ARTE (LIBROS ILUSTRADOS) (Spanish Edition) 1 copy
David Attenborough’s Why Do Birds of Paradise Dance (Collins Shorts,… 1 copy
Living Planet: The Web of Life on Earth 1 copy
Richmond Park National Nature Reserve 1 copy
Dzīve uz mūsu planētas : mans, aculiecinieka, ziņojums un nākotnes… 1 copy
Echo and Other Elephants [DVD] 1 copy
Maan pienimmät [DVD] 1 copy
Planet Earth part 1 1 copy
The Life of Mammals: Meat Eaters 1 copy
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction [videorecording] 1 copy
The Life of Mammals-Socıal Clımbers:an unparalleled view of monkeys in… 1 copy
Rise of Animals: From Seas to Skies [film] 1 copy
Zoo Quest in Paraquay 1 copy
Gogottes: a rift in time 1 copy
The Living Planet, The Complete Series, [DVD] 1 copy
The Living Planet: Northern Forests [1984 TV series] 1 copy
Frozen Planet II | aka Frozen Planet 2 | Narrated by David Attenborough |… 1 copy
Journeys of The Past 1 copy
Joseph Banks: a Great Endeavour ; a Lincolnshire gentleman and his legacy… 1 copy
The Hunt : nothing is certain 1 copy
Spiele des Lebens - Verständigung [VHS] 1 copy
Islands 1 copy
Life on Earth: Building Bodies 1 copy
The Early Years (Radio Collection) 1 copy
Zycie na naszej planecie. Moja historia, wasza przyszlosc 1 copy
Great Mammoth Mystery 1 copy
Le grand livre du monde vivant 1 copy
¿Está nuestro planeta en crisis? Los desafíos de la tierra 1 copy
Život na naší planetě : mé svědectví a vize… 1 copy
Reptiles & Amphibians, (David Attenborough Wildlife Collection, Life)[DVD] 1 copy
¿Por qué hay crisis en nuestro planeta? Los desafíos de la tierra 1 copy
David Attenborough - First Life (Origins of Life on Earth) 1 copy
Miracle of Bali 1 copy, 1 review
Planeta Azul 3, Oceanos Infinitos, BBC 1 copy
Raising the dinosaur giant 1 copy, 1 review
Letter regarding pottery collection 1 copy
The Making Of David Attenborough's Light On Earth 1 copy
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities BBC {2016} short episodes 1 copy, 1 review
Planet Erde - Staffel 2 (3 DVDs) 1 copy
Jewel of the Earth 1 copy
David Attenborough: The 3D Collection [Blu-ray] 1 copy
Ayrton's Animals 1 copy
Terre grandeur nature : Les chefs-d'oeuvre des plus grands photographes 1 copy
Intimate relations, (David Attenborough Wildlife Collection, Life in the… 1 copy
Life of birds [videorecording] : finding partners / the demands of the egg 1 copy
Bear Spy in the Woods,(David Attenborough Wildlife Collection, Wildlife… 1 copy
Opportunists (David Attenborough Wildlife Collection, Life oof Mammals)… 1 copy
Life of birds [videorecording] : fishing for a living / signals and songs 1 copy
The life of birds [videorecording] : The problems of parenthood / The… 1 copy
Bridge to the past; animals and people of Madagascar 1 copy
Trials of Life: Fighting 1 copy
BBC: Charles Darwin [DVD] 1 copy
Trials of Life: Talking to Strangers 1 copy
Trials of Life: Living Together 1 copy
Trials of Life: Homemaking 1 copy
Trials of Life: Friends and Rivals 1 copy
Trials of Life: Finding the Way 1 copy
Trials of Life: Finding Food 1 copy
Trials of Life: Arriving 1 copy
Silk spinners (David Attenborough Wildlife Collection volume 13) [DVD] 1 copy
Life of birds [videorecording] : the insatiable appetite / Meat-eaters 1 copy
Prehistoric Planet 1 copy
The Creative Perspective: The Future of Public Service Broadcasting 1 copy
The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth Hardcover – November 1,… 1 copy
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth / Great Natural Wonders of the World… 1 copy
The Mating Game Yr 1 1 copy
Üks elu, üks planeet : minu kogemus ja tulevikunägemus 1 copy
Descent Into the Mariana Trench 1 copy
Human Planet: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] 1 copy
The Blue Planet - 3 DVD Box Set [2001] 1 copy
Nature: Birds of the Gods 1 copy
Climate Change: The Facts 1 copy
David Attenborough: The Early Years Collection: The BBC Collection 1 copy
Gyvenimas mūsų planetoje: mano liudijimas ir ateities vizija 1 copy
Die Abenteuer eines Naturfreundes 1 copy
La mejor fotografia de naturaleza 1 copy
Life in Colour {2021} E3 1 copy
Ein Leben auf unserem Planeten: Die Zukunftsvision des berühmtesten… 1 copy
Park Life - The Memoirs of a Royal Parks Gamekeeper 1 copy
The Blue Planet: A Natural History of the Oceans, Season 1 1 copy, 1 review
La vita sul nostro pianeta: Come sarà il futuro? 1 copy
Život na našem planetu : moje svjedočanstvo i vizija budućnosti 1 copy
Life on Earth [audiorecording read by the author] (Author; Narrator) 1 copy
David Attenborough: El planeta viviente - The Living Planet - Serie… 1 copy
Wildlife Specials DVD Collection Box Set 1 copy
Reizen naar de andere kant van de wereld David Attenborough en Zoo Quest 1 copy
The Living Planet: Jungle [1984 TV episode] 1 copy
The BBC Natural History Collection featuring Planet Earth (Planet Earth/… 1 copy
David Attenborough In His Own Words 1 copy
Trek: Spy On The Wildebeest [2007] [DVD] 1 copy
The Penguin King (DVD) 1 copy
Spiele des Lebens - Orientierung [VHS] 1 copy
Our Planet 1 copy
David Attenborough's The Making of The Trials of Life 1 copy
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Also by David Attenborough
The Natural History of Selborne (Introduction, some editions) 929 copies, 9 reviews
Planet Earth [2006 TV series] (Narrator, some editions) 582 copies, 8 reviews
Planet Earth: As You've Never Seen It Before (Foreword) 414 copies, 2 reviews
Digging Dinosaurs: The Search That Unraveled the Mystery of Baby Dinosaurs (Foreword, some editions) 370 copies, 5 reviews
The Blue Planet: Seas of Life [2001 TV miniseries] (Narrator) 114 copies, 1 review
Our World's Heritage 92 copies, 1 review
Blue Planet II: A New World of Hidden Depths (Foreword) 73 copies
New Generation Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe (General Editor) 57 copies
Africa: Eye to Eye with the Unknown (Foreword) 48 copies, 1 review
Our Planet (Foreword) 47 copies
Wild Flowers of Britain and North West Europe (New Generation Guides) (General Editor) 40 copies
Endeavouring Banks: Exploring Collections from the Endeavour Voyage… (Foreword; Contributor) 21 copies
New Generation Guide to the Butterflies and Day-Flying Moths of Britain… (General Editor) 18 copies
Fungi of Britain and Europe (New Generation Guides) (General Editor) 16 copies
The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History (Foreword) 16 copies
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Attenborough, David Frederick
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Date of birth
1926-05-08
Date of death
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Country (for map)
England, UK
Birthplace
Isleworth, Middlesex, England, UK
Place of death
Cause of death
Places of residence
Richmond, London, England, UK
College House, University College, Leicester, England, UK
Education
University of Cambridge (MA | Clare College)
London School of Economics
Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys, Leicester, England, UK
Occupations
broadcaster
naturalist
writer
Relationships
Attenborough, Richard (brother)
Attenborough, F. L. (father)
Attenborough, John (brother)
Agents
Organizations
British Museum (trustee)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (trustee)
University of Cambridge, Clare College (Honorary Fellow)
Fauna and Flora International (Vice-President)
Royal Society (Fellow, 1983)
Awards and honors
Blue Peter Badge
BAFTA Desmond Davis Award (1970)
Order of the British Empire (commander | 1974)
BAFTA Fellowship (1979)
Fellow of the Royal Society (1983)
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