Editing David Attenborough (section)

===Honorary titles===
By January 2013, Attenborough had collected 32 honorary degrees from British universities,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7920613/Sir-David-Attenborough-heads-lists-of-most-honoured-by-Britains-universities.html |title=Sir David Attenborough heads lists of most honoured by Britain's universities |last1=Howie |first2=Joshi Eichner |last2=Herrmann |first3=Jack |last3=Rivlin |first1=Michael |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=6 April 2016 |date=1 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925000818/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7920613/Sir-David-Attenborough-heads-lists-of-most-honoured-by-Britains-universities.html |archive-date=25 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> more than any other person.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fergus |first=Lindsay |title=David Attenborough: The man with the most honorary degrees in UK gets one more from Queen's University |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/david-attenborough-the-man-with-the-most-honorary-degrees-in-uk-gets-one-more-from-queenrsquos-university-16261947.html |newspaper=The Belfast Telegraph |date=16 January 2013 |access-date=4 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120100329/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/david-attenborough-the-man-with-the-most-honorary-degrees-in-uk-gets-one-more-from-queenrsquos-university-16261947.html |archive-date=20 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/23144921 |title=David Attenborough receives '32nd' honorary degree – CBBC Newsround |publisher=BBC |date=2 July 2013 |access-date=6 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125071812/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/23144921 |archive-date=25 November 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1980, he was honoured by the [[Open University]], with which he has had a close association throughout his career. He has honorary [[Doctor of Science]] degrees from [[Durham University]] (1982)<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Degrees |url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/university.calendar/volumei/honorary_degrees/ |website=[[Durham University]] |access-date=13 October 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801035252/https://www.dur.ac.uk/university.calendar/volumei/honorary_degrees/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[University of Cambridge]] (1984)<ref name=":0" /> and honorary Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the [[University of Oxford]] (1988)<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.wwf.org.uk/about_wwf/more_about_wwf/wwf_uk_council_of_ambassadors/sir_david_attenborough.cfm |title=Council of ambassadors {{!}} Sir David Attenborough, OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS |publisher=WWF-UK |access-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123048/http://www.wwf.org.uk/about_wwf/more_about_wwf/wwf_uk_council_of_ambassadors/sir_david_attenborough.cfm |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[University of Ghent]] (1997).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ugent.be/nl/univgent/voorzieningen/collecties/archief/geschiedenis/overzichten/eredoctoren.htm |title=Overzicht eredoctoraten – Universiteit Gent |language=nl |publisher=Universiteit Gent |access-date=22 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106010813/http://www.ugent.be/nl/univgent/bronnen/archief/geschiedenis/overzichten/eredoctoren.htm/#1990_-_1999 |archive-date=6 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, the two eldest Attenborough brothers returned to their home city to receive the title of Distinguished Honorary Fellows of the University of Leicester, "in recognition of a record of continuing distinguished service to the University."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/200806413532577 |title=British Icons Pick Up Uni Honours |publisher=Sky News |date=13 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619215858/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/200806413532577 |archive-date=19 June 2011}}</ref> David Attenborough was previously awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Letters]] degree by the university in 1970 and was made an honorary [[Freedom of the City|Freeman of the City]] of Leicester in 1990. In 2013, he was made an Honorary Freeman of the City of Bristol.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/press/sir-david-attenborough-receive-freedom-city |title=Sir David Attenborough to receive Freedom of the City |publisher=Bristol City Council |access-date=4 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504154019/http://www.bristol.gov.uk/press/sir-david-attenborough-receive-freedom-city |archive-date=4 May 2015}}</ref> In 2010, he was awarded Honorary Doctorates from [[Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University]] and [[Nottingham Trent University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://alumni.mandela.ac.za/Honorary-Doctorates |title=Honorary Doctorates – Alumni Relations |access-date=21 August 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214341/https://alumni.mandela.ac.za/Honorary-Doctorates |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary graduates {{!}} 2010 {{!}} Sir David Attenborough|url=https://www.ntualumni.org.uk/your_alumni_association/notable_alumni/honorary_graduates/david_attenborough|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2021|website=Nottingham Trent University|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821201548/https://www.ntualumni.org.uk/your_alumni_association/notable_alumni/honorary_graduates/david_attenborough}}</ref>

Attenborough has received the title Honorary Fellow from Clare College, Cambridge (1980),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/Honorary-Fellows/|title=Honorary Fellows – Clare College Cambridge|access-date=31 October 2021|archive-date=31 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031213651/https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/Honorary-Fellows/|url-status=live}}</ref> the Zoological Society of London (1998),<ref>[https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/media/2020-11/ZSL%2520Honorary%2520Fellows_2019.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi0oeTEzfXzAhVRilwKHX_nDK4QFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1Xe21o52RMolfyZJC-7MUs] {{dead link|date=November 2021}}</ref> the [[Linnean Society]] (1999),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linnean.org/our-fellows/royal-patrons-and-honorary-fellows|title=Royal Patrons and Honorary Fellows|website=The Linnean Society|access-date=31 October 2021|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027015832/https://www.linnean.org/our-fellows/royal-patrons-and-honorary-fellows|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Institute of Biology]] (Now the [[Royal Society of Biology]]) (2000),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/attenborough-prize/|title=Royal Society David Attenborough Award and Lecture &#124; Royal Society|website=royalsociety.org|access-date=31 October 2021|archive-date=31 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031213651/https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/attenborough-prize/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Society of Antiquaries of London|Society of Antiquaries]] (2007). He is Honorary Patron of the [[North American Native Plant Society]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nanps.org/index.php/contact-us/nanps-board |title=North American Native Plant Society – NANPS Board |publisher=Nanps.org |access-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001042/http://www.nanps.org/index.php/contact-us/nanps-board |archive-date=31 December 2013}}</ref> and was elected as a Corresponding Member of the [[Australian Academy of Science]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2012 |title=Sir David Attenborough signs Academy Charter {{!}} Australian Academy of Science |url=https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/sir-david-attenborough-signs-academy-charter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226150018/https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/sir-david-attenborough-signs-academy-charter |archive-date=26 February 2022 |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=Australian Academy of Science |language=en}}</ref>