David Starkey
Historian, Author
1945 –
Who is David Starkey?
David Starkey, CBE, FSA is a British constitutional historian and a radio and television presenter.
He was born the only child of Quaker parents, and attended Kendal Grammar School before entering Cambridge through a scholarship. There he specialised in Tudor history, writing a thesis on King Henry VIII's household. From Cambridge he moved to the London School of Economics, where he taught history until 1998.
Starkey is a well-known radio and television personality, first appearing on television in 1977. While a regular contributor to the BBC Radio 4 debate programme The Moral Maze, his acerbic tongue earned him the sobriquet of "rudest man in Britain"; his frequent appearances on Question Time have been received with criticism and applause. Starkey has presented several history documentaries. In 2002 he signed a £2 million contract with Channel 4 for 25 hours of programming. Recently, he was a contributor on the Channel 4 series Jamie's Dream School. Starkey has written several books on the Tudors.
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- Born
- Jan 3, 1945
Kendal - Also known as
- David Robert Starkey
- Dr. David Starkey
- Prof David Starkey
- Parents
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- Lived in
- Westmorland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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