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Simon Schama

Author of Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, Volume 1

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Simon Schama is an historian, educator, and writer. He was born in London, England on February 13, 1945. Schama earned a B.A. in history in 1966 from Cambridge University and later became a fellow of Christ College. Schama was a Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Brasenose College, Oxford from 1976 to 1980. He also was an Erasmus Lecturer in the civilization of the Netherlands at Harvard University in 1978, and from 1980 to 1993 he was Professor of History and Mellon Professor of the Social Sciences and Senior Associate at the Center for European Studies. Schama has been the Old Dominion Professor of Humanities at Columbia University since 1993, teaching in the history, art history and archaeology departments. Schama's 1977 book, Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands, 1780-1813, received the Wolfson Prize for history and the Leo Gershoy Memorial Prize of the American History Association. Another book, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, won the NCR Prize for Nonfiction. Schama also worked as an art critic for The New Yorker and has written historical and art documentaries for the BBC. In 2001 he received the CBE. In 2006 Schama earned the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction for Rough Crossings. His more recent works include A History of Britain and The Sory of the Jews, both written in multiple volumes. (Bowker Author Biography) Simon Schama is the author of The Embarrassment of Riches, Citizens, Landscape and Memory, and most recently, Rembrandt's Eyes. He is currently Old Dominion Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University. The second installment of his epic history of Britain is due to be published in April 2001. (Publisher Provided)
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Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, Volume 1 2,815 copies, 33 reviews
A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3000 B.C. - 1603 A.D 1,754 copies, 19 reviews
Landscape and Memory 1,476 copies, 12 reviews
The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture In the… 1,443 copies, 12 reviews
A History of Britain: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 1,241 copies, 4 reviews
A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire 1,027 copies, 5 reviews
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution 1,026 copies, 16 reviews
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE – 1492 CE 694 copies, 16 reviews
Dead Certainties : Unwarranted Speculations 657 copies, 6 reviews
Rembrandt's eyes 630 copies, 7 reviews
The American Future: A History 527 copies, 8 reviews
The Power of Art 515 copies, 6 reviews
The Story of the Jews: Belonging, 1492–1900 293 copies, 7 reviews
Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill,… 189 copies, 8 reviews
Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands, 1780-1813 181 copies, 2 reviews
A history of Britain 179 copies
The Face of Britain: A History of the Nation Through Its Portraits 154 copies
Cy Twombly: Fifty Years of Works on Paper: The Drawings at the Hermitage 89 copies
Hang-Ups: A Collection of Essays on Art 68 copies
The Bastille Falls 67 copies
A History of Britain: The Complete Collection 50 copies
Two Rothschilds and the Land of Israel 37 copies
Wordy 28 copies, 1 review
The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama 18 copies, 1 review
Kunstzaken : over Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer en vele andere schilders 15 copies, 1 review
A History of Britain, Volume 2: The Wars of the British 1603-1776… 10 copies
A History of Britain (BBC Radio Collection) 9 copies
Simon Schama's The Power Of Art: The Complete BBC Series [DVD] [2006] 7 copies
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, Volume 2 6 copies
De ark van Noach of 'de onrijpe nectarine'? : visies op Nederland in de… 5 copies
Anya Gallaccio: Beat 5 copies, 1 review
Waar is de tolerantie gebleven? 5 copies
Great lyricists : Leonard Cohen (Foreword) 4 copies
Art: Vintage Minis 3 copies
Simon Schama: A History of Britain (Special Edition) 3 copies
Confesiones y encargos : ensayos de arte 3 copies
De ruwe oversteek 2 copies
A History of Britain (volume 1) [videorecording] 2 copies
Death of a Harvard Man 2 copies
History of Britain Boxed Set 2 copies, 1 review
Simon Schama: A History of Britain: Special Edition 2 copies
A History of Britain (volume 2) [videorecording] 2 copies
A History of Britain (Series 1-3) 1 copy
A History of Britain the complete collection, volume II 1 copy
Simon Schama's John Donne; Armando Iannucci in Milton's Heaven and Hell… 1 copy
A HISTORY OF BRITAIN (3 Volumes; Set) Vol I: At the Edge of the World?… 1 copy
A History of Britain, 3500 B.C - 1603 A.D., Volume 2: Dynasty; Nations 1 copy
Citiwens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution 1 copy
Cai Guo-Qiang: Odyssey and Homecoming 1 copy
"Wives and Wantons: Versions of Womanhood in 17th Century Dutch Art" in… 1 copy
The late Rembrandt [DVD] (59 min) 1 copy
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution : Powers of Recall---Forty… 1 copy
Schama Simon 1 copy
History of Britain - King Death 1 copy
A History of Britain (Series 1, Episodes 01-) 1 copy
The face of Britain the nation through its portraits 1 copy
Ebrei, Storia di un Popolo 1 copy, 1 review
The History of the Jews 1 copy, 1 review
Certitudes meurtrières, accompagnées de quelques… 1 copy
Storia degli Ebrei 1 copy, 1 review
Civilisations [DVD] [2018] 1 copy
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Also by Simon Schama
The Future Dictionary of America (Contributor) 611 copies, 3 reviews
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of… (Contributor) 396 copies, 4 reviews
Rappaccini's Daughter (Foreword, some editions) 206 copies, 6 reviews
Granta 34: Death of a Harvard Man (Contributor) 144 copies
Granta 32: History (Contributor) 140 copies, 2 reviews
The Smiles of Rome: A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers (Contributor) 55 copies, 2 reviews
Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame (Contributor) 44 copies, 2 reviews
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1992 (Author "The Poetry of History") 16 copies
Art of the Western World: Volume 5: Realms of Light: The Baroque (Contributor) 2 copies
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1945-02-13
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London, England, UK
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Massachusetts, USA
London, England, UK
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK
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University of Cambridge (Christ's College)
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art critic
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University of Oxford (Brasenose College)
Harvard University
Columbia University (University Professor of Art History and History)
The New Yorker
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American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (1992)
Order of the British Empire (2001)
Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement (2011)
Norton Medlicott Medal (2002)
Knight Bachelor (2019)
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