Simon Winchester
Autor von Der Mann, der die Wörter liebte
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Simon Winchester was born in London, England on September 28, 1944. He read geology at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. After graduation in 1966, he joined a Canadian mining company and worked as field geologist in Uganda. The following year he decided to become a journalist. His first reporting mehr anzeigen job was for The Journal, Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1969, he joined The Guardian and was named Britain's Journalist of the Year in 1971. He also worked for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Times before becoming a freelancer. He is the author of numerous books including In Holy Terror, The River at the Center of the World, The Alice Behind Wonderland, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and.Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to journalism and literature. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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- Geburtstag
- 1944-09-28
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
USA (naturalised 2011) - Land (für Karte)
- USA
- Geburtsort
- London, England, UK
- Wohnorte
- Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, USA
Scotland, UK
Uganda
India
New York, New York, USA - Ausbildung
- St. Catherine's College, Oxford University (BA|1966)
- Berufe
- Journalist
Autor - Beziehungen
- Sato, Setsuko (wife)
- Organisationen
- The Guardian
Condé Nast Traveler
National Geographic
Smithsonian - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Officer, Order of the British Empire (2006)
Lawrence J. Burpee Medal (2016)
Fellow, Royal Canadian Geological Society - Agent
- Bill Hamilton
Peter Matson
Jennifer Hengen
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The Man Who Loved China group read in 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Dezember 2014)
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Etymology (2)
For Science! (3)
Disaster Books (2)
Folio Society (1)
Auszeichnungen
Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers (Finalist – History/Biography – 2016)
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