   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-davishis father had previously been married to the actress peggy ashcroft. (1907â1999) and his second wife catherine comfort borden-turner. he first attended st andrew's preparatory school near pangbourne, and subsequently attended eton college and studied 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 (1965â1995), with whom he had two sons damon hart-davis 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, and also christopher farren, son of adrie
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