Patrick French
British writer and historian (1966–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Patrick Rollo Basil French (28 May 1966 – 16 March 2023) was a British writer, historian and academician. He was the author of several books including: Younghusband: the Last Great Imperial Adventurer (1994), a biography of Francis Younghusband; The World Is What It Is (2008), an authorised biography of Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul that won the National Book Critics Circle Award in the United States of America;[1] and India: A Portrait (2011).
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Born | Patrick Rollo Basil French (1966-05-28)28 May 1966 Aldershot, England |
Died | 16 March 2023(2023-03-16) (aged 56) London, England |
Occupation | Historian |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh (MA, PhD) |
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Notable works | The World Is What It Is (2008) |
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Children | 4 |
During the 1992 general election, French was a Green Party candidate for Parliament. He sat on the executive committee of Free Tibet, a Tibet Support Group UK, and was a founding member of the inter-governmental India–UK Round Table.[2][failed verification]