Ian Mortimer (historian)
| Ian Mortimer | |
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| Born |
22 September 1967 Petts Wood, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Exeter, University College London |
| Period | 1995-present |
| Genre | history, historiography, historical fiction |
| Spouse | Sophie Mortimer |
| Children | 3 |
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Ian James Forrester Mortimer FSA FRHistS (born 22 September 1967) is a British historian and writer of historical fiction. He is best known for his book The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, which became a Sunday Times bestseller in paperback in 2010.
Mortimer was born in Petts Wood, and was educated at Eastbourne College, the University of Exeter (BA, PhD, DLitt) and University College London (MA). Between 1993 and 2003 he worked for several major research institutions, including the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, the University of Exeter and University of Reading.
Mortimer has written a sequence of biographies of medieval political leaders: first Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, then Edward III, and Henry IV, in addition to 1415, a year in the life of Henry V.
Mortimer's best known book, however, is The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, first published in the UK in 2008. He is also well known for pioneering the argument (based on evidence such as the Fieschi Letter) that Edward II did not die in Berkeley Castle in 1327 in his first two books and an article in the English Historical Review.
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