Simon Winchester
Autor(a) de The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Obras por Simon Winchester
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (1998) 11,991 exemplares
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (2001) 3,804 exemplares
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (2003) — Narrador, algumas edições — 3,010 exemplares
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 (2005) 2,269 exemplares
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle… (2008) 1,646 exemplares
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories (2010) 1,346 exemplares
The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One… (2013) 872 exemplares
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World (2018) — Author & Narrator — 830 exemplares
The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time (1996) 735 exemplares
Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming… (2015) 643 exemplares
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic (2023) 287 exemplares
When the Sky Breaks: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and the Worst Weather in the World (Smithsonian) (2017) 37 exemplares
The River at the Centre of the World; The Surgeon of Crowthorne; The Map That Changed the World (2004) 19 exemplares
The Fatal Equation 2 exemplares
The Classic Age 1 exemplar
Knowing what We Know r 1 exemplar
The Surgeon of Crowthoune 1 exemplar
An Interview with Simon Winchester 1 exemplar
The Writer, the Madman & the Printer: Notes on a Writer's Artistic License/Or, Setting the Record Straight (2002) 1 exemplar
The Men Who United the States r 1 exemplar
"Word Imperfect" 1 exemplar
Aerial Hong Kong 1 exemplar
Associated Works
My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (2012) — Contribuidor — 558 exemplares
The Condé Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Great Writers on Great Places (2007) — Contribuidor — 251 exemplares
Cascadia's Fault: The Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America (2011) — Introdução — 142 exemplares
Worlds to Explore: Classic Tales of Travel and Adventure from National Geographic (2006) — Introdução, algumas edições — 100 exemplares
The Dylan Companion: A Collection of Essential Writing About Bob Dylan (1990) — Contribuidor, algumas edições — 95 exemplares
Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China (2013) — Contribuidor — 28 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1994 (1994) — Author "Eternal Argument" and "Two Centuries of the IRA" — 15 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1996 (1996) — Author "The Escape of the Amethyst" — 11 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Winchester, Simon
- Data de nascimento
- 1944-09-28
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
USA (naturalised 2011) - País (no mapa)
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, USA
Scotland, UK
Uganda
India
New York, New York, USA - Educação
- St. Catherine's College, Oxford University (BA|1966)
- Ocupações
- journalist
author
broadcaster
geologist - Relações
- Sato, Setsuko (wife)
- Organizações
- The Guardian
Condé Nast Traveler
National Geographic
Smithsonian - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Officer, Order of the British Empire (2006)
Lawrence J. Burpee Medal (2016)
Fellow, Royal Canadian Geological Society - Agente
- Bill Hamilton
Peter Matson
Jennifer Hengen
Membros
Discussions
The Man Who Loved China group read em 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Dezembro 2014)
Críticas
Listas
Summer Reading (1)
True Crime (1)
Hobbies & Travel (1)
Best Biographies (1)
Science (1)
Test (1)
Europe (1)
Prémios
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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