Simon Winchester
Autor/a de El Professor i el boig : un relat d'assassinats, bogeria i la creació de l'Oxford English Dictionary
Sobre l'autor
Simon Winchester was born in London, England on September 28, 1944. He read geology at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. After graduation in 1966, he joined a Canadian mining company and worked as field geologist in Uganda. The following year he decided to become a journalist. His first reporting mostra'n més job was for The Journal, Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1969, he joined The Guardian and was named Britain's Journalist of the Year in 1971. He also worked for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Times before becoming a freelancer. He is the author of numerous books including In Holy Terror, The River at the Center of the World, The Alice Behind Wonderland, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and.Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to journalism and literature. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Obres de Simon Winchester
El Professor i el boig : un relat d'assassinats, bogeria i la creació de l'Oxford English Dictionary (1998) 11,991 exemplars
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (2001) 3,804 exemplars
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (2003) — Narrador, algunes edicions — 3,010 exemplars
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 (2005) 2,269 exemplars
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle… (2008) 1,646 exemplars
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories (2010) 1,346 exemplars
The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One… (2013) 872 exemplars
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World (2018) — Author & Narrator — 830 exemplars
The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time (1996) 735 exemplars
Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming… (2015) 643 exemplars
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic (2023) 287 exemplars
When the Sky Breaks: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and the Worst Weather in the World (Smithsonian) (2017) 37 exemplars
The River at the Centre of the World; The Surgeon of Crowthorne; The Map That Changed the World (2004) 19 exemplars
The Fatal Equation 2 exemplars
The Classic Age 1 exemplars
Knowing what We Know r 1 exemplars
The Surgeon of Crowthoune 1 exemplars
An Interview with Simon Winchester 1 exemplars
The Writer, the Madman & the Printer: Notes on a Writer's Artistic License/Or, Setting the Record Straight (2002) 1 exemplars
The Men Who United the States r 1 exemplars
"Word Imperfect" 1 exemplars
Aerial Hong Kong 1 exemplars
Obres associades
My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (2012) — Col·laborador — 558 exemplars
The Condé Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Great Writers on Great Places (2007) — Col·laborador — 251 exemplars
Cascadia's Fault: The Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America (2011) — Introducció — 142 exemplars
Worlds to Explore: Classic Tales of Travel and Adventure from National Geographic (2006) — Introducció, algunes edicions — 100 exemplars
The Dylan Companion: A Collection of Essential Writing About Bob Dylan (1990) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions — 95 exemplars
Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China (2013) — Col·laborador — 28 exemplars
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1994 (1994) — Author "Eternal Argument" and "Two Centuries of the IRA" — 15 exemplars
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1996 (1996) — Author "The Escape of the Amethyst" — 11 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Winchester, Simon
- Data de naixement
- 1944-09-28
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
USA (naturalised 2011) - País (per posar en el mapa)
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- London, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, USA
Scotland, UK
Uganda
India
New York, New York, USA - Educació
- St. Catherine's College, Oxford University (BA|1966)
- Professions
- journalist
author
broadcaster
geologist - Relacions
- Sato, Setsuko (wife)
- Organitzacions
- The Guardian
Condé Nast Traveler
National Geographic
Smithsonian - Premis i honors
- Officer, Order of the British Empire (2006)
Lawrence J. Burpee Medal (2016)
Fellow, Royal Canadian Geological Society - Agent
- Bill Hamilton
Peter Matson
Jennifer Hengen
Membres
Converses
The Man Who Loved China group read a 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (desembre 2014)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Summer Reading (1)
True Crime (1)
Hobbies & Travel (1)
Best Biographies (1)
Science (1)
Test (1)
Europe (1)
Premis
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World (Guanyador – Non-ficció – 2019)
Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers (Finalista – History/Biography – 2016)
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 48
- També de
- 23
- Membres
- 34,427
- Popularitat
- #550
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 922
- ISBN
- 420
- Llengües
- 18
- Preferit
- 123