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[[File:Colin Tudge.jpg|thumb|right|Plenary speaker at the [[Oxford Food Symposium]]]]
'''Colin Hiram Tudge''' (born 22 April 1943) is a British biologist, [[science writer]] and broadcaster.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Colin-Tudge/4352 | title=Colin Tudge }}</ref><ref>‘TUDGE, Colin Hiram’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U38144 accessed 23 Oct 2013]</ref>

Tudge was born and brought up in [[south London]]{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} and attended [[Dulwich College]], from where he won a scholarship to [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]], studying zoology and English.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} In his career, he has worked for [[World Medicine]], ''[[Farmers' Weekly]]'' and ''[[New Scientist]]'', before becoming a freelance writer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newscientist.com/author/colin-tudge/3/ | title=Colin Tudge }}</ref> In the 1980s he was a regular broadcaster for the [[BBC]], including the [[BBC Radio 4]] science series ''Spectrum''; he wrote and presented ''The Food Connection''; he made one-off documentaries and guest appearances. {{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

He lives in [[Oxford]] with his second wife, Ruth West. He was married to Rosemary (née Shewan) and had three children, Amanda, Amy and [[Robin Tudge|Robin]], the last being an author of political works.

[[National Life Stories]] conducted an oral history interview (C1672/12) with Colin Tudge in 2016 for its Science and Religion collection held by the British Library.<ref name=oralhistory>[http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Science/021M-C1672X0017XX-0001V0 National Life Stories, 'Tudge, Colin (1 of 10) National Life Stories Collection: Science and Religion', The British Library Board, 2016]. Retrieved 9 October 2017</ref>