Guy de la Bédoyère

Guy Martyn Thorold Huchet de la Bédoyère (born November 1957 in Wimbledon , London , England ) is an English historian and author .

Life

De la Bédoyère attended King's College School in his home parish and then Wimbledon College . In 1980 he completed his studies in archeology and history at Collingwood College in Durham , a college of Durham University with a thesis in Egyptology . In 1985 he received a degree in Modern History from the University of London , which in 1987 was followed by a Master of Arts (MA) in Archeology from the Institute of Archeology , which is now part of University College London .

From 1981 to 1998 de la Bédoyère worked as a sound engineer for the British Broadcasting Company's radio news service at both Bush House and Broadcasting House in London . During these years his first publications appeared. Since 1998 he has only worked as a freelance author and radio and television presenter.

As an author, de la Bédoyère has dealt with various scientific topics, including the history of computers and medical topics. However, he is best known for his publications on the Romans in Britain .

De la Bédoyère lives in Sleaford in Lincolnshire with his wife, who is a teacher .

Publications

• The Roman Site at Billingsgate Lorry Park: A Catalog of the Samian and Other Finds . British Archaeological Reports, Oxford 1986, ISBN 0-860543927 .
• The Finds of Roman Britain . Batsford, London 1988, ISBN 0-7134-6082-2 .
• The Buildings of Roman Britain . Batsford, London 1991.
  • Revised new edition: Tempus, Stroud 2001, ISBN 0-7524-1906-4 .
• The Diary of John Evelyn . Boydell, Woodbridge 1995, ISBN 0-85115-639-8 .
• Hadrian's Wall: History and Guide . Tempus, Stroud 1998, ISBN 0-7524-1407-0 .
  • New edition: Aberley, Stroud 2010.
• A Companion to Roman Britain . Tempus, Stroud 1999, ISBN 0-7524-1457-7 .
• Eagles over Britannia. The Roman Army in Britain . Tempus, Stroud 2001, ISBN 0-7524-1923-4 .
• Architecture in Roman Britain . Shire Archeology No. 66, 2002, ISBN 0-7478-0353-6 . As a digitized version on Google Books.
• Roman Towns in Britain . Tempus, Stroud 2003, ISBN 0-7524-2919-1 .
• The First Computers . Evans Brothers, 2005, ISBN 0-237-52741-3 .
• Particular Friends: The Correspondence of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. Boydell, Woodbridge 2005, ISBN 1-84383-134-1 .
• The Letters of Samuel Pepys . Boydell, Woodbridge 2006, ISBN 1-84383-197-X .
• Roman Britain. A New History . Thames & Hudson, London, England 2006, ISBN 0-500-05140-2 .
• The First Polio Vaccine . World Almanac Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 2006, ISBN 0-836858557 .
• People of Roman Britain . 2010.
• The Romans for dummies . Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-527-70383-8 .
• Cities of Roman Italy . Bristol Classical Press, Bristol, England 2010, ISBN 978-1-85399-728-0 .

Web links

• Website of the author (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Hadrian's Wall . How the northern border of the empire was guarded. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung . 23 November 2014, p. 61.