birth_place nationality field work_institutions birth_date article_title name alma_mater
henley-on-thames , oxfordshire , england british chemistry oxford university press university of alberta 04 july 1943 adam hart-davis
 adam hart-davis merton college , oxford university of york
adam hart-davis

adam john hart-davis -lrb- born 4 july 1943 -rrb- 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 .
