Christopher Falkus (1940–1995)
Auteur de The Life and Times of Charles II
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Christopher Falkus
The Life and Times of Charles I 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1940-01-13
- Date de décès
- 1995-03-29
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- England
UK - Études
- St Boniface's College, Plymouth, Devon, UK
University College London - Professions
- publisher
- Relations
- Curtis, Gila (spouse)
Falkus, Hugh (father)
Falkus, Malcolm (brother)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Folio Society (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Membres
- 377
- Popularité
- #64,011
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 14
- Langues
- 1
He was born in 1940, the twin son of the naturalist Hugh Falkus; neither Christopher nor his brother had an easy upbringing. Their mother was left to feed, clothe and educate her children on meagre resources. Despite, or perhaps partly because of this, the boys showed outstanding aptitude - both intellectual and physical. They went first to the Marist convent in Paignton and then to St Boniface's College, Plymouth. Christopher then went to University College, London, where he was awarded an outstanding First Class history degree and also won the Derby Prize. After a year as a BBC trainee and a period working for the children's partwork Knowledge, he emigrated to Australia as a Lecturer in Modern History at Queensland University. In Australia he blossomed - as teacher, researcher, tennis and squash player and cricketer. He also became an enthusiastic and knowledgeable naturalist.… (plus d'informations)