Asa Briggs
1921
-
2016
country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Sidney Sussex College, University of London
occupation: media historian, politician, historian, university teacher
award received: Wolfson History Prize, Fellow of the British Academy
position held: member of the House of Lords, life peer, Booker Prize judge
Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs (7 May 1921 – 15 March 2016) was an English historian. He was a leading specialist on the Victorian era, and the foremost historian of broadcasting in Britain. Briggs achieved international recognition during his long and prolific career for examining various aspects of modern British history. He became a life peer in 1976. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works 16
-
A Social History of England
-
A Social History of England
A Social History of the Media
The Nineteenth century : the contradictions of progress
Victorian Cities
The age of improvement, 1783-1867
The BBC
The history of broadcasting in the United Kingdom
Serious Pursuits: Vol. III
The Longman Encyclopedia
The Channel Islands
Victorian People
The franchise affair
A social history of England : from the Ice Age to the Channel Tunnel
Modern Europe, 1789-Present
The Penguin Atlas of British and Irish History
Articles
There is nothing here
Human - wd:Q336863