Nigel Rodgers | |
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Born | 1952 England |
Residence | England |
Fields | Art, Philosophy, Architecture, History |
Institutions | The London Library, Authors' Club, Society of Authors |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Website www.nigelrodgers.co.uk |
Nigel Rodgers (born 1952) is a British writer, environmentalist and critic. Rodgers has written numerous books including Incredible Optical Illusions (Simon & Schuster 1998); The Traveller's Atlas with John Man and Chris Schüler (1999); Hitler and Churchill (Hodder 2001); Philosophers Behaving Badly with Mel Thompson;Roman Architecture (2006); Roman Empire (2008); Understand Existentialism with Mel Thompson (Hodder, 2010); Existentialism Made Easy with Mel Thompson (Hodder, 2011) ; The Greek World (2010); The Art and Architecture of Ancient Greece (2012); Why Noise Matters with Arline Bronzaft, Francis McManus, John Stewart and Val Weedon (Routledge) London 2011; The Dandy — Peacock or Enigma? and The Umbrella Unfurled (2013). His latest books are Manet: his Life and Work, published in March 2015, and The Bruegels, published in May 2016. His books have been translated into fourteen languages. Rodgers has a degree in history and history of art from Cambridge University. He is the founder of Pipedown, the Campaign for Freedom from Piped Music, was a founder-member of the Siesta Club, currently in abeyance, and is a member of the Educational Writers' Group of the Society of Authors. After living in London and Paris, he is now based in Wiltshire, almost within sight of Stonehenge. There is a small megalith outside his own house. '