Peter Duff Hart-Davis (born 3 June 1936),[1] generally known as Duff Hart-Davis 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, the nephew of the socialite
Deirdre 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.
Bibliography
Non-fiction
Behind the Scenes on a Newspaper (1964)
Ascension: The Story of a South Atlantic Island (1972)
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