Paul C. Doherty
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Paul C Doherty OBE BA (Hons) DPhil |
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21 September 1946 Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Pen name | Anna Apostolou Michael Clynes Ann Dukthas C.L. Grace Paul Harding Vanessa Alexander |
| Occupation | Headmaster |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Liverpool University |
| Genre | Historical mystery novels |
| Spouse | Carla Lynn Corbitt |
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Paul C. Doherty OBE (born 21 September 1946) is an award-winning English author, educator, lecturer and historian. He is also the Headmaster of Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green, Essex, in the United Kingdom. Doherty is a prolific writer, has produced dozens of historical novels and a number of nonfiction history books, and is an Alexander the Great scholar.
Doherty was born in 1946 and spent his early years in Middlesbrough. After A-levels, he went to Ushaw College, Durham for three years to study for the Catholic priesthood, which he did not pursue. He attended Liverpool University where he gained a First Class Honours Degree in History and at Exeter College, Oxford, where he received a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II. Doherty is a historian who lectures for a number of organisations, particularly on historical mysteries. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire for his services to education in 2011.
His other career is that of Headmaster at Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green, Essex for 30 years. In 1999, the school was given Beacon status. A February 2006 Ofsted report declared the school Grade 1, "outstanding". A February 2009 Ofsted report again rated the overall effectiveness of the school as Grade 1, "outstanding" and also again in 2015 the school received "outstanding" .
Doherty has published several series of historical mysteries set in the Middle Ages, Classical, Greek, Ancient Egyptian and other periods. He writes both fiction and non-fiction under his own name, both as P.C. Doherty and Paul C. Doherty, as well as under the pennames Anna Apostolou, Michael Clynes, Ann Dukthas, C. L. Grace, Paul Harding, and Vanessa Alexander.
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