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Biography
Michael David Wood, OBE FSA (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster. He has presented numerous well-known television documentary series from the late 1970s to the present day. Wood has also written a number of books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, The Story of England, and In Search of Shakespeare. He was appointed Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester in 2013.
Awards & recognition
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
- President's Medal · 2015
- Medlicott Medal · 2011
- honorary doctorate · 2003
- Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
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- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
