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David Suzuki

1936 - Today

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David Takayoshi Suzuki (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster, and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a PhD in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001. Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been known for his television and radio series, documentaries and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host and narrator of the popular and long-running CBC Television science program The Nature of Things, seen in over 40 countries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Suzuki is the 797th most popular biologist (down from 693rd in 2019), the 364th most popular biography from Canada (down from 329th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, David Suzuki ranks 797 out of 1,097. Before him are Émile Blanchard, Eduard von Martens, Richard Thomas Lowe, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein, and Ole Borch. After him are Jan Frederik Gronovius, John Jacob Abel, Edmund Reitter, Franz Unger, Henry Nicholas Ridley, and Tommaso Salvadori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, David Suzuki ranks 356. Before him are Norman Manea, Giora Feidman, Susana Duijm, Carl Icahn, Juan Santisteban, and Nahum Stelmach. After him are Néstor Gonçalves, Susan Kohner, Carol Morris, Abdelhamid Brahimi, Michał Heller, and Ruth Buzzi.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, David Suzuki ranks 364 out of 1,622. Before him are Duncan McNaughton (1910), Samuel Cunard (1787), Mary Pierce (1975), Harold Innis (1894), Lothaire Bluteau (1957), and Doug Rogers (1941). After him are Sami Zayn (1984), Jason Gray-Stanford (1970), Mazo de la Roche (1879), Nia Vardalos (1962), Georges Vézina (1887), and Emma Raducanu (2002).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Canada

Among biologists born in Canada, David Suzuki ranks 4. Before him are Ralph M. Steinman (1943), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), and John Murray (1841). After him are George Romanes (1848), Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), William Diller Matthew (1871), Alice Eastwood (1859), Alice Wilson (1881), Peter Watts (1958), Philip J. Currie (1949), and Carrie Derick (1862).

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