Richard Fortey

Richard Fortey retired from his position as senior palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in 2006. He is the author of several books, including Fossils: A Key to the Past, The Hidden Landscape which won The Natural World Book of the Year, Life: An Unauthorised Biography, Trilobite!, and The Earth: An Intimate History. He has been elected to be president of the Geological Society of London for its bicentennial year of 2007, and is a fellow of the Royal Society.