Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Matthew_White_Ridley,_5th_Viscount_Ridley
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
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gptkb:Magdalen_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:award gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Literature_Fellow
gptkb:Julian_Simon_Award
gptkb:Hayek_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1958-02-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Northumberland,_England
gptkbp:boardMemberOf gptkb:Northern_Rock
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:dateSucceeded 2012
gptkbp:degree DPhil in zoology
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:John_Maynard_Smith
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Matthew_White_Ridley
gptkbp:genre non-fiction
popular science
science journalism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley
gptkbp:knownFor popular science writing
books on science, economics, and the environment
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gptkbp:nationality British
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gptkb:How_Innovation_Works
gptkb:The_Evolution_of_Everything
gptkb:The_Rational_Optimist
gptkb:The_Red_Queen
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:noble_title
gptkb:writer
businessman
journalist
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gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Conservative_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Chairman_of_Northern_Rock
gptkbp:relative gptkb:Nicholas_Ridley,_Baron_Ridley_of_Liddesdale
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Blagdon_Hall,_Northumberland
gptkbp:resignedFrom 2007
gptkbp:signature Matthew White Ridley signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anya_Hurlbert
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:BBC_Radio_4's_Desert_Island_Discs
Northern Rock bank crisis
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Matthew_White_Ridley,_4th_Viscount_Ridley
gptkbp:termEnd 2007
gptkbp:termStart 2004
gptkbp:title gptkb:5th_Viscount_Ridley
gptkbp:twitter @mattwridley
gptkbp:website https://www.mattridley.co.uk/
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