A Hundred Years of David Attenborough

Already known as a naturalist, a broadcaster, a writer, a campaigner, and such a flat-out, all-encompassing gentleman that he hobnobs with gorillas, David Attenborough has added one more string to his bow: he is now a centenarian. Attenborough was born on May 8, 1926—that is to say, three and a half weeks before Marilyn Monroe. She has passed into legend, so much so that she barely seems real, and her movies are treasured as historical artifacts, whereas Attenborough, as real and as eager as a meerkat, has a new show on the BBC.