Curated category
21st-century English historians
- John Lynch (historian)John Lynch was born on the 11th of January 1927 in Boldon, a small town in County Durham, in the north of England. By the time he died on the 4th of April…
- Antony BeevorAntony Beevor was born in Kensington, London, on the 14th of December 1946, into a family with writing in its blood going back generations.
- Rana MitterRana Shantashil Rajyeswar Mitter arrived in the world on the 11th of August 1969. He was born in Cambridge while his parents worked as academics near…
- David AttenboroughDavid Attenborough turned 100 years old on the 8th of May 2026, and the Royal Albert Hall filled with singers, filmmakers, composers, and royalty to mark the…
- Ronald CoaseRonald Harry Coase was born on the 29th of December 1910 in Willesden, a suburb of London, and he would live to the age of 102 - long enough to see ideas he…
- Jeremy Black (historian)Jeremy Black entered the academic world through a specific sequence of institutions. He studied at Queens' College, Cambridge, before moving to St John's…
- Mark LewisohnMark Lewisohn was born on the 16th of June 1958 in England. His entry into professional history began with a simple quiz at the first London Beatles…
- Alison WeirAlison Weir was fourteen years old when a paperback novel about Catherine of Aragon changed the course of her life. She describes the book, Lozania Prole's…
- John KeeganJohn Desmond Patrick Keegan was born in Clapham, London on the 15th of May 1934. His father served as an Irish First World War veteran before the boy grew up.
- Eric ChristiansenEric Christiansen entered the world on the 15th of September 1937 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. His early education took place at Charterhouse School before he…