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Born and raised in Henley-on-Thames, he attended Eton College, before studying for an MA in chemistry at the University of Oxford. He later took a DPhilDoctor of Philosophy Ph. an abbreviation for the Latin Philosophiae Doctor , or in non-Anglo-Saxon (e. German and Scandinavian) usage Doctor philosophi Dr. was originally a degree granted by a university to a learned individual who had achieved the approv in organometallic chemistryOrganometallic chemistry is the study of chemical compounds containing bonds between carbon and a metal. The term "metal" is defined deliberately broadly in this context and may include elements, such as silicon or boron, which are not metallic but are co at the University of YorkThis article is about the British university. For the Canadian university, see York University. University of York Logo © University of York The University of York (also referred to as York University is a campus university in York, England. It is ranked before doing three years of a post-doctoral thesis at the University of AlbertaThe University of Alberta is situated along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River in the heart of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. University of Alberta Motto: Quaecumque Vera ( Latin: "Whatsoever things are true" Founded 1908 School Type P in CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe. Subsequently, he worked at the Oxford University PressOxford University Press OUP is a highly-respected publishing house and a department of the University of Oxford in England. It was chartered as one of the two privileged presses in 1634. OUP" publishes many reference, professional, and academic works incl, editing science texts and chessFor other meanings, see Chess (disambiguation). Chess (from the Persian word Shah is a board game for two players played on a square board divided into eight rows (or ranks and eight columns (or files creating 64 individual squares which alternate in colo manuals.
His work in broadcasting began in 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar when he joined Yorkshire Television as a researcher, working on material for the likes of Magnus Pyke, David Bellamy, and Miriam Stoppard.
In 1985 he was promoted to production work, producing Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World, the Fred Harris -fronted TV show Me & My Micro and the Johnny Ball-fronted Fun & Games amongst other things. He also devised and produced the school science show Scientific Eye.
In the early 1990s he moved in front of the camera to present two series for the YTV region: On the Edge and Local Heroes. The latter programme involved him cycling around the country in his trademark fluorescent pink and yellow cycling clothes, seeking out places associated with the great innovators of science and technology. This was subsequently transferred to BBC2, where its scope widened from the Yorkshire region to a nationwide area, a different region being the subject of each episode.
Since then he has essentially become the face of the BBC's output on science and the history of science. At the same time he is heavily critical of the standard of science output on British television (including, to a certain extent, his own programmes), which he sees as dumbed-down.
He has written many books, including a history of the toilet, entitled Thunder, Flush and Thomas Crapper ( Thomas Crapper being one of the pioneers of the toilet's development).
Adam is the youngest child of the publisher Sir Rupert Hart-Davis ( 1907- 1999) by his second wife Catherine Comfort Borden-Turner, his siblings being the journalist Duff Hart-Davis and Lady Silsoe.
Adam Hart-Davis was married (1965-1995) to Adrienne Alpin, by whom he had 2 sons.
He is the partner of the psychologist Dr. Susan Blackmore. He lives with her and her family in the west of England.