About Richard Fortey
Richard Alan Fortey was 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. As a paleontologist, he specialised in trilobites and other extinct arthropods, as well as the life and paleogeography of the Paleozoic era, particularly the Ordovician. He wrote popular science books, notably Life: An Unauthorised Biography (1998) and Earth: An Intimate History (2005). Among other honors, he won the Lewis Thomas Prize and the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Award. Steven Brusatte said "Whenever I write, I try to channel the wit, wisdom, and warmth of Richard Fortey.”
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Awards & Honors
Lapworth Medal
Michael Faraday Prize
Lyell Medal
Linnean Medal
Paleontological Society Medal
Frink Medal
honorary doctorate
Fellow of the Royal Society
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Raymond C. Moore Medal
Fellow of the Geological Society of London
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
