Richard Fortey

Prof Richard Fortey F.R.S. is Merit Researcher at the Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London. His research Interests include trilobites and graptolites, especially those of the Ordovician, their systematics, evolution and mode of life; Ordovician palaeogeography and correlation; arthropod evolution, and especially the origin of major groups; and the relationships between divergence times as revealed by molecular evidence and the fossil record.

His book Life: an unauthorized biography was shortlisted for the Rhone Poulenc prize in 1998. His most recent book is Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution which has been shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction.

His popular books include:

Hidden Landscape
Life, an Unauthorised Biography (1997)
Trilobite (2000)

In addition, Fortey is also editor or significant contributor to the following:

Treatise of Invertebrate Paleontology. O. Arthropoda 1 Trilobita, Revised – H.B. Whittington et al.
Fortey, R.A.; Harper, D. A. T.; Ingham, J.K.; Owen, A.W.; Parkes, M.A.; Rushton, A.W.A.; Woodcock, N.H. 2000: A revised correlation of Ordovician Rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society, Special report No. 24, 83 pp, 34 figs.
Arthropod Relationships

Harper Collins interview with Richard Fortey.

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