Anthony Smith
From Biocrawler, the free encyclopedia.
Anthony Smith (born March 30, 1926) is, among other things, an explorer, author and former Tomorrow's World television presenter. He is perhaps best known for his bestselling work The Body (Book) (Originally published in 1968 and later renamed The Human Body), which has sold over 800,000 copies worldwide and tied in with a BBC television series, known in America by the name Intimate Universe: The Human Body. The series aired in 1998 and was presented by Professor Robert Winston.
Anthony read zoology at Balliol College, Oxford and wrote as a science correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. He also worked extensively in both television and radio, writing for several natural history programmes.
Anthony was the first Briton to cross the Alps in a hot air balloon and has a species of fish, which he discovered in Iran, named after him.
External links
- The Human Body at bbcfactual.co.uk (http://www.bbcfactual.co.uk/human_body.htm)
