Richard Fortey

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London, England, The United Kingdom

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Richard Fortey is a senior paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was Collier Professor in the Public Understanding of Science and Technology at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Bristol in 2002. His books have been widely acclaimed: Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth (Knopf) was short-listed for the Rhône-Poulenc Prize in 1998, and Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution (Knopf) was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2001. His latest book, Earth: An Intimate History (Knopf, 2004), has been called "dazzling," "remarkable," "splendid," and "important and timely."

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Average rating: 3.94 · 2,122 ratings · 303 reviews · 16 distinct works · Similar authors

	Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 611 ratings — published 1997	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 453 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life Of The Natural History Museum 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 508 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earth: An Intimate History 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Survivors; the Animals and Plants that Time has Left Behind 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hidden Landscape: A Journey into the Geological Past 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fossils: The History of Life 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fossils: The Key to the Past 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arthropod Relationships by Richard Fortey, Richard A. Fortey (Editor) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1997	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You must not lie about trilobites, nor yet about time.”
― Richard Fortey

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“I believe profoundly in the importance of museums; I would go as far as to say that you can judge a society by the quality of its museums. ”
― Richard Fortey, Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life Of The Natural History Museum

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“A life accumulates a collection: of people, work and perplexities. We are all our own curators. ”
― Richard Fortey, Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life Of The Natural History Museum

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