There isn’t a single windmill owner in Holland who doesn’t have a second job, for when there is no wind.
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| Birth: | 23rd May, 1938 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Television Presenter |
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Johnny Ball was born in Bristol, England. He is an English television presenter, a populariser of mathematics and the father of BBC Radio 2 DJ Zoë Ball. He studied at Bolton County Grammar School. He then signed on for three years in the Royal Air Force, worked as a Butlin's Redcoat, and was an entertainer in northern clubs and cabaret. He was a regular fixture on children's television in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, presenting several series of popular science and technology programmes intended for children, including Think of a Number, Think Again, and Think Backwards. He was also one of the hosts of infant education programme Play School beginning in 1967 and continuing throughout the 1970s and beyond.
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