Peter Ackroyd
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Peter Ackroyd CBE, FRSL (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot, Charlie Chaplin and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards. He is noted for the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices, and the depth of his research.
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Born | (1949-10-05) 5 October 1949 (age 74) East Acton, London, England, United Kingdom |
Occupation | Author, critic |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge (BA) |
Period | 1976–present |
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Subject | London and its inhabitants; English history and culture |
Partner | Brian Kuhn (1980; died 1994) |
He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984 and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2003.