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Colin Blakemore(1944-2022)

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Colin Blakemore was born on 1 June 1944 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Christianity: A History (2009), Young Scientists of the Year (1968) and Nova (1974). He was married to Andrée Washbourne. He died on 27 June 2022 in Oxford, England, UK.
BornJune 1, 1944
DiedJune 27, 2022(78)
BornJune 1, 1944
DiedJune 27, 2022(78)
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Christianity: A History (2009)
Christianity: A History
6.6
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  • Writer
Young Scientists of the Year
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  • Self - Judge
David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
Nova
8.7
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  • Self - Oxford University
Horizon (1964)
Horizon
8.6
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  • Self - narrator

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  • Christianity: A History (2009)
    Christianity: A History
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    • 2009

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    • France's national library catalogue
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    • Dr Colin Blakemore
  • Born
    • June 1, 1944
    • Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • June 27, 2022
    • Oxford, England, UK(complications from ALS)
  • Spouse
    • Andrée Washbourne1965 - January 2022 (her death, 3 children)
  • Children
    • Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

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    A Commissioner of the UK Drug Policy Commission, he helped to develop new evidence-based methods to define the harm of drugs of potential abuse.

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