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David Takayoshi Suzuki, CC, OBC, Ph.D, LLD (born March 24, 1936), is a Japanese Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Doctor of Philosophy in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department of the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001. Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been known for his TV and radio series and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science magazine, ''The Nature of Things'', seen in syndication in over forty nations. He is also well known for criticizing governments for their lack of action to protect the environment. | David Takayoshi Suzuki, CC, OBC, Ph.D, LLD (born March 24, 1936), is a Japanese Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Doctor of Philosophy in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department of the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001. Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been known for his TV and radio series and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science magazine, ''The Nature of Things'', seen in syndication in over forty nations. He is also well known for criticizing governments for their lack of action to protect the environment. | ||