Facts: - title: dr - known for: exercise promotion and health forecasting - caption: speaking the national marine aquarium , plymouth , england on 14 at january 2010 a walking for health volunteers meeting at - birth name: charles william handley bird - spouse: annie - children: 3 - name: william bird - image: william . jpg bird speaking at plymouth aquarium-14jan2010 -lrb- 2 -rrb- - birth place: england - occupation: general practitioner ceo Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william bird -lrb- doctor -rrb- .
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dr william bird -lrb- mbe -rrb- is a general practitioner in reading , berkshire , england .he has set up schemes to encourage people in the united kingdom to exercise in order to promote good health , and he was awarded an mbe for his contributions to health and physical activity in the queen 's new year honours 2010 .in 2009 he was nominated by the independent of sunday as one of the 100 people to make people happy in britain .