David Starkey

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David Starkey

David Starkey (born January 3, 1945 in Kendal , Westmorland ) is a British historian and author .

Life

After finishing school in Kendal, Westmorland, Starkey studied history at the University of Cambridge . From 1972 to 1998 he taught history at the London School of Economics . In addition to his work as a teacher, he could be heard as a radio presenter on the British radio station BBC 4 in the program The Moral Maze . As an author, Starkey has written many works on the history of England over the years. In England he is considered an expert on the Tudor period.

A remark made by Starkey on August 13, 2011 on BBC television that the violent riots in England in 2011 were an expression of a “violent, destructive and nihilistic gang culture”, the white “proletarian” (eng. “Chavs”) from “black immigrants”. Starkey was then accused of racism, especially since he agreed with the controversial right-wing politician Enoch Powell , who believed he saw "rivers of blood" come over the island as a result of the mass immigration to Great Britain.

In 2015, the University of Cambridge was forced to take back a promotional video with Starkey after hundreds of students and staff at the university heavily criticized his involvement due to his racism controversies.

In July 2020 Starkey earned fierce criticism after he said in an interview: " Slavery was not a genocide , would not otherwise be so many damn blacks in Britain" (Engl .: "Slavery what not genocide, otherwise there would not be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain would there? "). Following this testimony, his former Cambridge college distanced itself and promised that his honorary membership would be investigated. Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid branded them as racist and "a reminder that such appalling opinions still exist".

Starkey lived in London and Kent with his partner James Brown for over 21 years until his death in 2015 .

Works (selection)

  • 1985: This Land of England (with David Souden)
  • 1986: The Reign of Henry VIII: Personalities and Politics
  • 1986: Revolution Reassessed: Revisions in the History of Tudor Government and Administration (1986) (edited with Christopher Coleman)
  • 1987: The English Court from the Wars of the Roses to the Civil War
  • 1990: Rivals in Power: the Lives and Letters of the Great Tudor Dynasties
  • 1991: Henry VIII: A European Court in England
  • 1998: The Inventory of Henry VIII: The Transcript , Issue 1 (with Philip Ward and Alistair Hawkyard)
  • 2000: Elizabeth: Apprenticeship
  • 2000: The Stuart Courts - Foreword (edited by Eveline Cruickshanks)
  • 2002: The Inventory of Henry VIII: Essays and Illustrations , Issue 2, (with Philip Ward and Alistair Hawkyard)
  • 2002: The Inventory of Henry VIII: Essays and Illustrations , Volume 3, (with Philip Ward and Alistair Hawkyard)
  • 2003: The Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII
  • 2003: Elizabeth I: The Exhibition Catalog
  • 2004: The Books of King Henry VIII and His Wives - Introduction and Preface (James P. Carley)
  • 2004: The Monarchy of England: The Beginnings
  • 2006: Monarchy: From the Middle Ages to Modernity
  • 2007: Making History: Antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007 - Introduction (edited by Sarah McCarthy, Bernard Nurse and David Gaimster)
  • 2008: Henry: Virtuous Prince
  • 2009: Introduction to Henry VIII; Man & Monarch (edited by Susan Doran, British Library)
  • 2010: Crown and Country (Harper Press)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Telegraph: Is David Starkey the reincarnation of Henry VIII?
  2. ↑ 'White chavs have become black': David Starkey TV outburst provokes race row as he claims Enoch Powell was right , DAILY MAIL, 14 Aug 2011
  3. ↑ Starkey video removed amid racism row . In: BBC News . November 19, 2015 ( bbc.com [accessed July 3, 2020]).
  4. ↑ David Starkey widely criticized for 'slavery was not genocide' remarks. July 2, 2020, accessed on July 3, 2020 .
  5. ^ Statement on Dr David Starkey. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ David Starkey criticized over slavery comments . In: BBC News . July 2, 2020 ( bbc.com [accessed July 3, 2020]).
  7. ↑ David Starkey: A man with a past telegraph.co.uk, December 16, 2007, accessed May 31, 2019
  8. ↑ David Starkey's partner James Brown dies theguardian.com November 5, 2015, accessed May 31, 2019

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personal data
SURNAME Starkey, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British historian and author
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Kendal , Westmorland