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Michael Wood

1948 - Today

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Michael David Wood (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster. He has presented numerous well-known television documentary series from the late 1970s to the present day. Wood has also written a number of books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, The Story of England, and In Search of Shakespeare. He was appointed Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Wood is the 555th most popular historian (up from 558th in 2019), the 7,041st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 7,121st in 2019) and the 77th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Michael Wood ranks 555 out of 561. Before him are Janusz Kurtyka, Stephen Turnbull, Allan Lichtman, Stephen Kotkin, Peeter Järvelaid, and Victor Davis Hanson. After him are John Komlos, Adrian Goldsworthy, Soner Cagaptay, Bettany Hughes, Rémi Mathis, and Faustus of Byzantium.

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Among people born in 1948, Michael Wood ranks 796. Before him are Fred Brown, Trevor Cherry, Bob Barr, Dan Gable, Barbara Mandrell, and Bennie Thompson. After him are Bob Woolmer, Protima Bedi, Earl Blumenauer, and Rod Grams.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Wood ranks 7,043 out of 8,785. Before him are Glenn Roeder (1955), David Murphy (1984), Kieran Gibbs (1989), Benjamin Wallfisch (1979), Angela Rayner (1980), and Charlotte Dujardin (1985). After him are Andy Goram (1964), Mark Burke (1969), Rupert Wyatt (1972), Steve Hodge (1962), Lloyd Kelly (1998), and Jacob Rees-Mogg (1969).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Michael Wood ranks 77. Before him are Warren Treadgold (1949), Edward Augustus Freeman (1823), Iain Pears (1955), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), Peter Heather (1960), and Stephen Turnbull (1948). After him are Adrian Goldsworthy (1969), and Bettany Hughes (1968).

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