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Matt Ridley
Matthew White Ridley, Viscount Ridley 5, is an English journalist and businessman. He is best known for his writings on science, the environment and the economy. He has written a number of scientific books, including The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature, Genome, The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves and The Evolution of Everything: How Ideas Emerge. He posts a blog and contributes regularly to The Times. Ridley is a liberal and a strong supporter of Brexit. He has been heir to the Conservative Party since 2013, with a seat in the House of Representatives. Ridley served as president of the British Northern Rock Bank from 2004 to 2007, during which time he underwent his first executive at a British bank in 130 years. He resigned and the bank was bailed out by the British government; this led to the nationalization of the Northern Rock.
BornMatthew White Ridley, February 7, 1958, Northumberland, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Children2
ParentsMatthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, Lady Anne Katharine Gabrielle Lumley
RelativesRose Paterson (sister)
ResidenceBlagdon Hall, Northumberland
EducationEton College
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
OccupationJournalist, businessman
Known forNorthern Rock, The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (1994), Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (1999), The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (2010), Northumberlandia
Civilian awardsDeputy Lieutenant of Northumberland (2007), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1999), Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2004)
Preceded byThe 13th Earl Ferrers

About Matt Ridley

Novelist Matt Ridley was born in England on February 7, 1958. He's 66 years old today.

He is a British journalist, businessman, politician, and author who is best known for his popular scientific books The Red Queen (1994), Genome (1999), and Nature thru Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human (2001). (2003). During the 1980s, he worked as a science editor for The Economist.

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Matt Ridley before becoming famous

Matt Ridley was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1958 is also the year of Dog (狗) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He went to Oxford University to study biology. Later, he served as non-executive chairman of Northern Rock, a UK-based bank, as well as a Conservative member of the House of Lords.

Achievement of Matt Ridley

He was a visiting lecturer at New York's Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Matt Ridley's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born in the English county of Northumberland. He then married Anya Hurlbert, a neurologist, and they produced a son and a daughter together.

Matt Ridley on Social Media

Matt Ridley's news on his Twitter: @mattwridley.

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Another well-known English author is Novelist Lewis Carroll.

Matt Ridley Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Matt Ridley updated on March 13 2023.