Alice Roberts

About Alice Roberts

Though she is most famous for hosting science-themed television programs such as Coast,The Incredible Human Journey and Origins of Us, this British paleopathologist, anatomist, anthropologist, and osteoarchaeologist also had a teaching career at the University of Birmingham.

Alice May Roberts is an English biological anthropologist, biologist, television presenter and author. Since 2012 she has been Professor of the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. Since 2019, she has been President of the charity Humanists UK, which campaigns for state secularism and for "a tolerant world where rational thinking and kindness prevail".

Alma mater	University of Wales (BSc, MB BCh), University of Bristol (PhD)
Fields	Biological anthropology, Evolutionary biology
Born	Alice May Roberts, May 19, 1973, Bristol, England
Institutions	University of Birmingham, National Health Service, British Broadcasting Corporation, University of Wales, University of Bristol
Thesis	Rotator cuff disease in humans and apes: a palaeopathological and evolutionary perspective on shoulder pathology (2008)
Education	The Red Maids' School
Nationality	English
Children	2
Known for	Origins of Us, Prehistoric Autopsy, The Incredible Human Journey, Ice Age Giants, Coast, Digging for Britain, Time Team

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Trivia

She published her first scientific book, Don't Die Young: An Anatomist's Guide to Your Organs and Your Health, in 2007.

Alice Roberts before fame

She worked for the South Wales National Health Service after graduating from the University of Wales College of Medicine. She eventually went back to school and earned a doctorate in paleopathology (a field that investigates evidence of disease in ancient corpses).

Achievement of Alice Roberts

Don't Die Young: An Anatomist's Guide to Your Organs and Your Health, her first scientific book, was published in 2007.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Alice Roberts family life

She grew up and spent the majority of her adult life in Bristol, England. Her marriage produced two children: a daughter and a son.

Associations of Alice Roberts

She and Kate Humble were both hosts of scientific shows on UK television stations.

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