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Adam John Hart-Davis (born 4 July 1943) is an English polymath, comprising scientist, author, photographer, historian and broadcaster, well known in the UK for presenting the BBC television series ''Local Heroes'' and ''What the Romans Did for Us'', the latter spawning several spin-off series involving the Victorians, the Tudors, the Stuarts and the Ancients. He was also a co-presenter of ''Tomorrow's World'', and presented ''Science Shack''. Currently he presents ''How London Was Built'' and ''Just Another Day'' on History UK. Hart-Davis was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2007. These are awarded to distinguished persons having, from their position or attainments, an intimate connection with the science or fine art of photography or the application thereof. ==Personal life== Hart-Davis was born and brought up in Henley-on-Thames, the youngest child of the publisher Sir Rupert Hart-Davis〔His father had previously been married to the actress Peggy Ashcroft.〕 (1907–1999) and his second wife Catherine Comfort Borden-Turner. He was educated at St Andrew's Preparatory School, near Pangbourne, and then at Eton College, before studying chemistry at Merton College, Oxford. He then took a DPhil degree in organometallic chemistry at the University of York and spent three years as a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Alberta in Canada. Subsequently, he worked at the Oxford University Press, editing science texts and chess manuals. In 2004 he was awarded an honorary degree (Doctor of Letters) from the University of Bath. He was married to Adrienne Alpin (1965–1995), with whom he had two sons, Damon and Jason Hart-Davis, and now lives with psychologist Dr. Susan Blackmore, whom he married on 19 June 2010. His siblings are the journalist Duff Hart-Davis and Bridget, the dowager Lady Silsoe. He is an uncle of the journalist Alice Hart-Davis and IT author Guy Hart-Davis (father of Edward Hart-Davis), and also of Christopher Farren, son of Adrienne's sister Penny. Hart-Davis is a direct descendant of King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan and is therefore a fifth cousin once removed of Elizabeth II, a second cousin once removed of the British Prime Minister David Cameron, and a first cousin once removed of the historian John Julius Norwich. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adam Hart-Davis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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