Adrian Tinniswood
Encyclopedia
Adrian Tinniswood is an English writer
and historian
.
and Philosophy
at Southampton University and was awarded an MPhil at Leicester University. He has acted as a consultant
to the National Trust
, and has lectured at several universities in both the United Kingdom
and United States
, including the University of Oxford
and the University of California, Berkeley
.
Writer
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and historian
Historian
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.
Life
He studied EnglishEnglish studies
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and Philosophy
Philosophy
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at Southampton University and was awarded an MPhil at Leicester University. He has acted as a consultant
Consultant
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to the National Trust
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
, and has lectured at several universities in both the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and United States
United States
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, including the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
.
Selected works
- Historic Houses of the National Trust
- Country Houses from the Air
- Life in the English Country Cottage
- Travels with Pevsner
- Visions of Power
- Architecture and Ambition from Ancient Rome to Modern Paris
- His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren
- Polite Tourist: A History of Country House Visiting First published in the UK by Basil Blackwell (1989) with a similar title, later published by the National TrustNational Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural BeautyThe National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
of LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
(1998) - By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of London
- Pirates of Barbary, London, Cape, 2010. ISBN 978-0-224-08526-7