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English historian and broadcaster (born 1948)

Person · Open Library

Works
107

Top works

  • An Admonischion to the bishoppes of VVinchester, London and others &c
  • Tigers of the Death's Head
  • Worse Than Murder
  • A mysterye of inyquyte contayned within the heretycall genealogye of Ponce Pantolabus [i.e. John Huntington]
  • Crimes and Punishments

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Film & TV

Moss Side, Manchester, England, UK

Michael David Wood, OBE FSA (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster. He has presented numerous well-known television documentary series from the late 1970s to the present day. Wood has also written a number of books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, The Story of England, and In Search of Shakespeare. He was appointed Professor of…

Known for

  • Ancients2023
  • Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet2020
  • How China Got Rich — Self - Presenter2019
  • 中国改革开放的故事 — Self - Presenter2018
  • Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor — Himself - Presenter2017
  • The Home Invaders — Victim2016
  • The Story of China — Self - Presenter2016
  • Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman — Himself - Presenter2015
  • King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons — Self - Presenter2013
  • The Great British Story: A People's History — Presenter2012

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There are many Michael Woods. [1] The popular historian. [2] A Bradford UK guitar amateur. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Wood">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Michael
Family name
Wood
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Moss Side
Educated at
Oriel College
Languages spoken
English language
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Michael Wood - Ruins of Empire (2013) (cropped).jpg
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date of birth
1948-07-23
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Michael Wood
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Michael Wood (historian)
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