Name Duff Hart-Davis Role Biographer | Parents Rupert Hart-Davis Children Alice Hart-Davis | |
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Spouse Phyllida Barstow (m. 1961) Grandparents Sybil Hart-Davis, Richard Hart-Davis Books The War that Never was: The, Audubon's Elephant, Honorary tiger, Man of War, Fauna Britannica: The Pract Similar People Rupert Hart‑Davis, Adam Hart‑Davis, Alan Lascelles, Peggy Ashcroft, Alice Hart‑Davis |
Peter Duff Hart-Davis (born 3 June 1936), generally known as Duff Hart-Davis, attended Eton College, is a British biographer, naturalist and journalist, who writes for The Independent newspaper. He is married to Phyllida Barstow and has one son and one daughter, the journalist Alice Hart-Davis. He lives at Owlpen, in Gloucestershire.
He is the eldest son of the publisher Rupert Hart-Davis and the brother of television broadcaster and author Adam Hart-Davis and Bridget, the dowager Lady Silsoe. His biography of his godfather, the adventurer and writer Peter Fleming, entitled Peter Fleming: A Biography, was published in 1974.
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