Matt Ridley
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About
A British journalist, businessman, politician, and author, he is known for his many popular science books, which include The Red Queen (1994), Genome (1999), and Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, & What Makes Us Human (2003). He served as science editor for The Economist during the 1980s.
Before Fame
He studied zoology at the University of Oxford. Later, he worked as the non-executive chairman for the UK based bank, Northern Rock, and also served as a Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Trivia
He was once a visiting professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York.
Family Life
He was born in Northumberland, England. He later married neuroscientist Anya Hurlbert; together, they had a son and a daughter.
Associated With
Lewis Carroll is another famous English author.
