At the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award presentation in 2013
Born
Simon Michael Schama
(1945-02-13) 13 February 1945 (age 79)
Marylebone, London, England
Partner
Virginia Papaioannou
Children
2
Awards
Wolfson History Prize Leo Gershoy Award Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Academic background
Education
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
Alma mater
Christ's College, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline
History and art history
Sub-discipline
British history
European history
Jewish history
Eighteenth century
French Revolution
Patriottentijd
Dutch Golden Age
Institutions
Christ's College, Cambridge
Brasenose College, Oxford
School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris
Harvard University
Columbia University
Simon Schama's voice
Recorded December 2013 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Start the Week
Sir Simon Michael SchamaCBE FBA FRHistS FRSL (/ˈʃɑːmə/SHAH-mə; born 13 February 1945) is an English historian and television presenter. He specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history.[1] He is a Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University.[2]
Schama first came to public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled Citizens, published in 1989.[1] He is also known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television documentary series A History of Britain (2000—2002),[3][4] as well as other documentary series such as The American Future: A History (2008) and The Story of the Jews (2013).
Schama was knighted in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List.[5]
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^"BBC Two – A History of Britain by Simon Schama – Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^McCrum, Robert (30 September 2000). "Observer review: A History of Britain by Simon Schama". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL (/ˈʃɑːmə/ SHAH-mə; born 13 February 1945) is an English historian and television presenter. He specialises...
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