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EARLY LIFE
David Attenborough was born on May 8, 1926, in Isleworth, Middlesex, England, to Mary and Frederick Attenborough, the principal of the ‘University College,’ Leicester. At a young age, he became interested in collecting fossils, stones, and natural specimens. He was educated at the ‘Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys.’ In 1945, he won a scholarship to ‘Clare College’ of ‘Cambridge University’ from where he obtained a degree in natural sciences. In 1947, he was called up for national service in the ‘Royal Navy’ and spent two years stationed in North Wales and the Firth of Forth.

INSPIRATION
After the war ended, Attenborough returned to London and by 1952, he was working as a producer for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). This was the beginning of an amazing career in television. Things were not easy at the BBC to begin with. There were few programmes about the natural sciences and those that were did not film animals in their natural environment. This troubled Attenborough and so in 1954, he began a series called ‘Zoo Quest’. ‘Zoo Quest’ filmed animals in the wild, allowing viewers to see animals in their natural environment in sometimes far off and exotic locations. The show was incredibly successful.In 1965, BBC Two was created and Attenborough worked as both controller and director of programming. He continued to bring viewers educational and fascinating programmesabout nature and history. Sir David Attenborough However, in order to follow his dreams into the wild, Attenborough resigned from the BBC in 1972.Attenborough began to write and produce many TV series on his own. His most successful programme was ‘Life on Earth’ which first aired in 1976. ‘Life on Earth’ was a series that explored wildlife in its natural habitat around the world. At the height of its popularity, around 500 million people tuned in to watch the show.More recently, Attenborough’s ‘Planet Earth’ has become the biggest wildlife documentary ever made and was the first show to air in high definition on the BBC.

ACHIEVEMENTS
Attenborough has gained many awards throughout his career. In 1985, he received a knighthood from the Queen, earning the title of Sir David Attenborough. Most important of all perhaps is that Sir David Attenborough has several species of plants, insects and birds named after him. Sir David Attenborough has made significant contributions to our understanding of nature and the need to care for it. Despite being in his mid-nineties, Attenborough is a leading figure in the fight against plastic pollution, deforestation and other issues that are having a damaging impact on our planet.

MESSAGE FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS
As millennials protest around the world in the fight against climate change, and to preserve the natural world, at-risk habitats and species close to extinction, Sir David has praised the efforts by those such as Greta Thunberg and co. When asked by Metro.co.uk earlier this year ahead of the release of the nature historian’s latest effort, A Life On Our Planet, about the likes of teen campaigner Greta and the younger generation’s activism, he said: ‘The world belongs to young people. I’ve had my go, the people who will live in the world that I’ve had a hand in creating are the young people and they don’t have a vote until they’re 18. So how do they make it clear to those in power that they have a view on these matters and what the view is? And so while they’re doing that, they have every right to do so.’