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  <name><![CDATA[Richard Fortey]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[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 &quot;dazzling,&quot; &quot;remarkable,&quot; &quot;splendid,&quot; and &quot;important and timely.&quot;]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>London, England</hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Trilobite!: Eyewitness to Evolution]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Earth: An Intimate History]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hidden Landscape]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Fortey]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Hidden Landscape: A Journey into the Geological Past]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Fortey]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fossils: The Key to the Past]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fossils: The History of Life]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fossils: The Key to the Past]]></title>
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  <published>1991</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Dinosaur's Alphabet]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Fortey]]></name>
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