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David Suzuki

Geneticist and broadcaster · born 1936

Interned as a child, then spent fifty years explaining science and the environment on television.

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Life story

1. March 24, 1936 · Vancouver
   Born in Vancouver, a third-generation Canadian
2. 1942 · Slocan, British Columbia
   Interned with his family at Slocan in the British Columbia interior
3. 1963 · Vancouver
   Joined the University of British Columbia as a geneticist
4. 1979 · Toronto
   Began hosting The Nature of Things, which ran for more than four decades
5. 1990 · Vancouver
   Founded the David Suzuki Foundation

Sources

• Wikipedia article: David Suzuki
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia