Curated playlist
21st-century English historians
- John Lynch (historian)Historian John Lynch went from British Army service to decades studying Spanish America's revolutions.
- Antony BeevorAntony Beevor swapped a troop of tanks for a typewriter. The army officer became a historian of war.
- Rana MitterRana Mitter's book on China's war with Japan has different British and American titles.
- David AttenboroughAt 11, David Attenborough sold newts to a university for three pence each.
- Ronald CoaseRonald Coase faced twenty skeptical senior economists in 1960 and gradually won them over.
- Jeremy Black (historian)Historian Jeremy Black wrote a book on Sherlock Holmes and another on Poirot in 2022.
- Mark LewisohnA famous joke about Ringo Starr was long credited to John Lennon, but Mark Lewisohn found no record he said it.
- Alison WeirPublishers rejected Alison Weir's Henry VIII book for being too long, then her next for being too short.
- John KeeganJohn Keegan taught war for 26 years but never fired a shot in anger. Illness left the historian unfit for service.
- Eric ChristiansenHistorian Eric Christiansen won his Oxford fellowship with a thesis on modern Spain.