I started out wanting to be a naturalist. My obsession in my youth was with bird-watching. I collected things, I spent a lot of time outdoors. I only vaguely realized that science was a little more than natural history, but by then I was hooked. — Matt Ridley

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Mini who’s who:

Matt Ridley : British Scientist
Born:  February 7, 1958