| First Name |
Alice
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| Middle Name |
May
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| Last Name |
Roberts
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| Maiden Name |
Roberts
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| Full Name at Birth |
Alice May Roberts
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| Alternative Name |
Dr Alice Roberts, Dr. Alice Roberts, Prof Alice Roberts, Prof. Alice Roberts, Professor Alice Roberts, @ancientmodernist-(facebook), Ancientmodernist - (instagram), @theAliceRoberts - (twitter), Professor Alice Roberts BSc MB BCh PhD Hon.FBAASc
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| Age |
50 years
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| Birthday |
19th May, 1973
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| Birthplace |
Bristol, England, UK
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| Height |
5' 7" (170 cm)
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Green
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| Hair Color |
Blonde
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| Distinctive Feature |
She is known for her long henna-red (dyed) hair...., In 2015 her book 'The Incredible unlikeliness of Being' was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize, In 1988 she won the Blue Peter Young Artist competition aged 15, which saw her appear on the Radio Times cover in 1988., Qualifying as a doctor in 1997, she left medicine after only 18 months, having met her future husband, field archaeologist David Stevens, at Cardiff University., She is a Humanist: it is “the most rational and positive philosophy for life”., She made her television debut in 2001 as a human bone specialist on Channel 4’s Time Team., She taught Anatomy to medical students at Bristol University for 11 years., She is
the daughter of an aeronautical engineer and an English and arts teacher....
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Religion |
Secular Humanist
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| High School |
Westbury C-of-E Primary School, Redmaids' High School
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| University |
[1991 - 1997] - University of Wales College of Medicine [MB BCh (medical degree)], [????] - LECTURER of medical students at Bristol University [Anatomy: of humans and other animals], [2012] - University of Birmingham [Professor of Public Engagement with Science], [2008] - University of Bristol [Ph.D.Thesis: "Rotator cuff disease in humans and apes : a palaeopathological and evolutionary perspective on shoulder pathology"], [2013] - [Honorary Phd] - Royal Holloway, University of London, [2013] - [Honorary Phd] - University of Bournemouth, [2015] - [Honorary Phd] - University of Sussex, [2015] - [Honorary Phd] - Open University, [1993 - 1994] - University of Wales College of Cardiff [BSc (Hons) in Anatomy], [2009 - 2016] - DIRECTOR of Anatomy for the NHS Severn School of Surgery
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| Occupation Text |
biological anthropologist, anatomist, evolutionary biologist, osteoarchaeologist, palaeopathologist, broadcaster & public speaker, corporate compere, professor of Public Engagement in Science, ex-junior medical doctor, science columnist
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| Occupation |
TV Personality
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| Claim to Fame |
Time Team, Coast, Dr Alice Roberts: Don`t Die Young
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Human anatomy, Medicine
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| Year(s) Active |
2001 > present (host: tv science series), 2012 > present (Professor of Public Engagement with Science at Birmingham University), 2005 > present (author), 2009 > present (radio), 1997 > 1998 (junior medical doctor), 2009 > present (Director of Anatomy for the NHS Severn Deanery School of Surgery), [????] > [????] (Medical school lecturer of Anatomy), [????] > present (Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association and the Royal Society of Biology), [????] > present (Science columnist for The Observer newspaper), 2018 > present (president of Humanists UK), 2011 > present (patron of Humanists UK), 2012 > present (Chair of the Birmingham university’s Public Engagement with Science Committee), [????] > present (Member of the Advisory Board of the Cheltenham Festival of Science), [????] > present (Member of the committee for the Wellcome Trust Society Awards), [????] > present (Member of the Visitor’s Board of Oxford University Museum of Natural History), [????] > present (Member of the Longitude Prize Committee), [????] > present (Patron of the Association of Science and Discovery Centres), [????] > present (Patron of the Natural Sciences Collections Association), [????] > present (Patron of Twycross Zoo), 2018 > present (member of the BHF Council), 1988 > 1988 (winner: of the BBC1 Blue Peter Young Artists competition)
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| Record Label |
Bbc TV
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| Associated Acts |
University of Wales College of Medicine, University of Bristol, University of Wales College of Cardiff, NHS Severn School of Surgery, University of Birmingham, Royal Holloway, University of London, University of Bournemouth, Open University, University of Sussex, Westbury C-of-E Primary School, Redmaids' High School, Blue Peter Young Artists
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| Talent Agency (e.g. Modelling) |
1> agency : Jo Sarsby Management, 2> url : www.josarsby.com/, 3> profile : http://www.josarsby.com/aliceroberts/, 4> agency : LBA Literary Agents - LBA Books, 5> url : www.lbabooks.com/, 6> profile : http://www.lbabooks.com/author/alice-roberts/, 7> AGENT: LUIGI BONOMI
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| Official Websites |
www.alice-roberts.co.uk/, http://alice-roberts.co.uk, en-gb.facebook.com/ancientmodernist/, www.instagram.com/ancientmodernist/?hl=en, www.instagram.com/ancientmodernist/tagged/?hl=en, twitter.com/theAliceRoberts, https://www.alice-roberts.co.uk/ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2836657#P856
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| Pets |
David Stevens, Adam Rutherford, Andrew Copson, Brian Cox, David Attenborough, Dick Strawbridge, Jim Al-Khalili, Neil Oliver, Professor Mick Aston, Richard Dawkins, Roger Deakin
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| Favorite TV Shows |
Strictly Come Dancing, BBC 6 Music, Blue Peter
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| Favorite Bands |
Nirvana
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| Favorite Books |
Roger Deakin’s Waterlog, The Winchester Bible
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| Favorite Places |
Somerset, England, Royal Institution, London, the Co-operative Bank, The Coast
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| Favorite Foods |
Coffee
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| Favorite Accessories |
VW campervan (vehicle), Pink And Purple Hair Dye, (self-Designed) Dinosaur Cards
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Alice May Roberts FRSB (born 19 May 1973) is an English biological anthropologist, biologist, television presenter and author. Since 2012 she has been Professor of the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. Since 2019, she has been President of the charity Humanists UK, which campaigns for state secularism and for "a tolerant world where rational thinking and kindness prevail".
