Hugh Williams (5)
Author of Fifty Things You Need To Know About British History
For other authors named Hugh Williams, see the disambiguation page.
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Common Knowledge
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- television producer
historian - Short biography
- Hugh Williams read Modern History at Oxford before beginning his career in television with the BBC. He has specialised in history and current affairs programming and in the early 80s was responsible for introducing the famous BBC history programme ‘Timewatch’ into the schedules. While Head of Broadcasting in Manchester he had the idea for and subsequently commissioned A.N. Wilson’s series ‘Eminent Victorians’.
- Nationality
- UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- UK
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An invaluable read for all us Brits who have an appreciation of our history. The chapters are easy to read comprehensive short style essays. Every British school child should be given this to read and enhance their inherited history.
What are the key 50 events you really need to understand to grasp the developments of our world? In this highly entertaining read Hugh Williams distils world history into an insightful overview. By selecting fifty key people, places, battles, objects and events, he casts a clear eye over the way the world has developed and how we live today. Injecting life into familiar historical landmarks as well as bringing lesser-known events to the forefront, Hugh shapes the fifty things into themes as show more all-encompassing today as they were over two thousand years ago: wealth, religion, conquest, discovery and freedom. The Fifty Things include...Origin of Species Model T Ford The Russian Revolution Plato Conquest of Mexico Mao Tse Tung Crucifixion of Jesus Via Egnatia Worldwide web Ozymandias 9/11 Nelson Mandela Coronation of Charlemagne American Declaration of Independence Franco-Prussian War Mahabharata The Black Death And many more... show less
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- Works
- 2
- Members
- 110
- Popularity
- #176,728
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 36
- Languages
- 2