Peter Snow
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| Born |
20 April 1938 Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Television journalist, broadcaster and historian |
| Known for |
Swingometer Newsnight ITN |
| Children | Three daughters and three sons |
Peter Snow, CBE (born 20 April 1938) is a British radio and television presenter and historian. He presented the 2016 BBC series, Trainspotting Live, along with co-presenters Dr Hannah Fry and Dick Strawbridge.
Snow was born at Dublin, the son of Brigadier J. F. Snow, CBE. He is the grandson of First World War general Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow; cousin of Jon Snow, the presenter of Channel 4 News; nephew of schoolmaster and bishop George D'Oyly Snow; and brother-in-law of historian-writer Margaret MacMillan. He is also the father of fellow TV presenter Dan Snow.
He spent part of his early childhood in Benghazi, Libya, where his father was stationed. His father became deputy Fortress commander at Gibraltar in 1956.
Snow was educated at Wellington College, an independent school in the village of Crowthorne in Berkshire, and subsequently read Greats at Balliol College, Oxford University, where he was taught by classicist and ancient historian Russell Meiggs and moral philosopher R. M. Hare. From 1956 to 1958 he did National Service as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry, serving in Plymouth and Warminster.
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