Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize (Newdigate Prize)
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Edition 0 (1962) Winner
Stanley Johnson
スタンレー・ジョンソン
Sutanrē Jonson
Aliases:
Stanley Patrick Johnson
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1940-08-18 （Penzance, Cornwall, England）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, France
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Oxford → Washington, D.C. → Brussels
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Politician, Member of the European Parliament, Environmentalist
- Active Years
- 1962-2024
- Affiliations
- World Bank, European Commission, Conservative Party
- Influenced
- Boris Johnson
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherborne School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Exeter College, Oxford | — | Department of English | BA | 1960年代初頭 | United Kingdom |
| Columbia University | — | — | — | 1963-1964 | United States |
Sherborne School
Country:
United Kingdom
Boarding school
Exeter College, Oxford
Department of English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1960年代初頭
Year of Graduation:
1963
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied English
Columbia University
Period:
1963-1964
Country:
United States
Dropped out after one year
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Newdigate Prize | — | Poetry | University of Oxford | Winner |
| 1983 | RSPCA Richard Martin Award | — | 動物福祉 | RSPCA | Winner |
| 2015 | RSPB Medal | Habitats Directive | — | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds | Winner |
| 2015 | WWF Leader for a Living Planet Award | — | — | World Wide Fund for Nature | Winner |
Newdigate Prize
1962
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
University of Oxford
Result:
Winner
RSPCA Richard Martin Award
1983
Category:
動物福祉
Organization:
RSPCA
Result:
Winner
RSPB Medal
2015
Work:
Habitats Directive
Organization:
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Result:
Winner
WWF Leader for a Living Planet Award
2015
Organization:
World Wide Fund for Nature
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Gold Drain
1967 NovelHis first novel.
Environment
The Commissioner
1987 Thriller novelPolitical thriller set in the European Commission.
PoliticsCorruption
Adaptations
- [Film] The Commissioner / George Sluizer (1998)
The Virus
2015 ThrillerA thriller about a mysterious virus and the fight against a pandemic.
PandemicPublic health
Life without Birth
1970 Non-fictionJourney through the Third World in search of the population explosion.
Population issues
Bibliography
- Gold Drain
- Panther Jones for President
- Life without Birth: A Journey Through the Third World in Search of the Population Explosion
- The Green Revolution
- The Population Problem
- The Politics of Environment
- The Urbane Guerilla
- Pollution Control Policy of the EEC
- The Doomsday Deposit
- The Marburg Virus
- Tunnel
- Antarctica: The Last Great Wilderness
- The Commissioner
- World Population and the United Nations
- Dragon River
- The Earth Summit: The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
- World Population - Turning the Tide
- The Environmental Policy of the European Communities
- The Politics of Population: Cairo, 1994
- Icecap
- Stanley I Presume
- Survival: Saving Endangered Migratory Species
- Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
- UNEP The First 40 Years; A Narrative by Stanley Johnson
- Stanley I Resume
- The Virus
- Kompromat
Adaptations
- The Commissioner (film)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Non-fiction focused on environmental issuesPolitical thrillers
- Recurring Motifs
- Population explosionPollutionConservation
Legacy
Renowned for books on environmental and population issues, served as head of Prevention of Pollution at the European Commission and MEP. Father of former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
In Popular Culture
- Gained attention as father of PM Boris Johnson
Trivia
- Father of Boris Johnson
- Acquired French citizenship
- Finished 7th on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
- Dropped out of Columbia University after one year