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James Burke
Sign in to saveBritish broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer
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Vinony's link graph records 137 inbound references to James Burke, and connects out to YouTube, Connections and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
It is catalogued under topics including 1936 births, 21st-century non-fiction writers from Northern Ireland and 21st-century writers from Northern Ireland.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Inventing Modern America
- Book of Bravery
- History of England
- The Day the Universe Changed by James Burke (1985-03-08)
- Burke's Texas almanac, and immigrant's hand book for 1879
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Film & TV
Derry, Northern Ireland, UK
James Burke is a British broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer, who is known, among other things, for his documentary television series Connections, and for its more philosophically oriented companion series, The Day the Universe Changed, which is about the history of science and technology. The Washington Post called him "one of the most intriguing minds in the Western…
Known for
- Connections with James Burke2023
- Apollo: Missions to the Moon — Self - BBC (archive footage) (archive sound)2019
- Apollo 11: A Night to Remember — Self2006
- ReConnections — Self2004
- Connections 3 — Presenter1997
- Connections 2 — Presenter1994
- Masters of Illusion — Himself1991
- After the Warming — Self - Presenter1989
- The Day the Universe Changed1985
- Speed — Narrator (voice)1984
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,516
- Total plays
- 7,059
Tags
There is more than one artist by the name of James Burke: 1. James Burke is an indie/alternative musician from Boston, Massachusetts. He is a member of the band Ginger Sunburn. https://jamesburke.bandcamp.com/ 2. James Burke is a British broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer. Born in Derry, Northern Ireland and educated at Oxford, he received his MA in Middle English from Jesus College. Later he moved to Italy where he lectured at universities in Bologna and Urbino
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Burke
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Derry
- Occupation
- science communicator
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- k-web.org
- Image
- James Burke (science historian).jpg
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1936-12-22
- Commons category
- James Burke
- writing language
- English language
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