Richard Fortey

Richard Alan Fortey OBE FRS FRSL
Fortey in Adelaide, South Australia, 2014
Born	(1946-02-15) 15 February 1946 (age 78)
Awards	Frink Medal (2000) Fellow of the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize (2006) Linnean Medal (2006)
Scientific career
Fields	Paleontology
Institutions	University of Cambridge Natural History Museum
Website	www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/palaeontology/cv-5469.html

Richard Alan Fortey OBE FRS FRSL (born 15 February 1946^[1] in London) is 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.