Don Herbert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Don Herbert

American television host

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1917

Place of Birth: Waconia, Minnesota, United States

Date of Death: 12-Jun-2007

Profession: television presenter, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Don Herbert

  • Donald Jeffry Herbert (born Donald Herbert Kemske and better known as Mr.
  • Wizard, July 10, 1917 – June 12, 2007) was the creator and host of Watch Mr.
  • Wizard (1951–65, 1971–72) and Mr.
  • Wizard's World (1983–90), which were educational television programs for children devoted to science and technology.
  • He also produced many short video programs about science and authored several popular books about science for children.
  • It was said that no fictional hero was able to rival the popularity and longevity of "the friendly, neighborly scientist".
  • In Herbert's obituary, Bill Nye wrote, "Herbert's techniques and performances helped create the United States' first generation of homegrown rocket scientists just in time to respond to Sputnik.
  • He sent us to the moon.
  • He changed the world." Herbert is credited with turning "a generation of youth" in the 1950s and early 1960s onto "the promise and perils of science".

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