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David Starkey

Acting

Born January 3, 1945 · Kendal, England, UK

Also known as David Robert Starkey · Dr David Starkey · Dr. David Starkey

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Biography

David Robert Starkey is an English historian, radio and television presenter, with views that he describes as conservative. The only child of Quaker parents, he attended Kendal Grammar School before reading history at Cambridge on a scholarship. There he specialised in Tudor history, writing a thesis on King Henry VIII's household. From Cambridge, he moved to the London School of Economics, where he was a lecturer in history until 1998. He has written several books on the Tudors.

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Awards & recognition

  • honorary doctor of the École normale supérieure de Cachan · 2013
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
  • Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
  • Medlicott Medal

Filmography6 titles

The Last Days of Anne Boleyn

2013as Self

Lost Kingdom of the Black Pharaohs

2019Director, Producer, Writer

Monarchy

2004

Rome: The World's First Superpower

2014Director

Question Time

1979as Self - Panellist

The Churchills

2012