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Christopher Hibbert

January 01, 1970

Arthur Raymond "Christopher" Hibbert, MC, FRSL, FRGS (5 March 1924 – 21 December 2008) was an English author, popular historian and biographer. He has been called "a pearl of biographers" (New Statesman) and "probably the most widely-read popular historian of our time and undoubtedly one of the most prolific" (The Times).[1]

Christopher Hibbert
Born5 March 1924
Enderby, England
Died21 December 2008 (aged 84)
Henley-on-Thames, England
Other namesArthur Raymond Hibbert
Academic background
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
Academic work
Main interestsBritish history
Notable worksVarious major biographies

Biography edit

Arthur Raymond Hibbert was born in Enderby, Leicestershire in 1924, the son of Canon H. V. Hibbert (died 1980) and his wife Maude. He was the second of three children, and christened Arthur Raymond.[2] He was educated at Radley College in Oxfordshire before he went up to Oriel College at the University of Oxford.[1][3] He was awarded the degrees of BA and later MA.[citation needed]

He left Oriel College to join the Army, where a sergeant major referred to Hibbert as "Christopher Robin" (of Winnie the Pooh books) based upon his youthful looks. The name "Christopher" subsequently stuck. During World War II, Hibbert served as an infantry officer in the London Irish Rifles regiment in Italy, reaching the rank of captain. He was wounded twice and awarded the Military Cross in 1945.[3][4]

From 1945 to 1959, he was a partner in a firm of land agents and auctioneers,[1] and began his writing career in 1957.[4] Hibbert was awarded the Heinemann Award for Literature in 1962 for The Destruction of Lord Raglan.[3] He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Personal life edit

Hibbert lived at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, and was a member of the Army and Navy Club and the Garrick Club. He was married to Susan Piggford and the couple had three children: his literary executor Kate Hibbert, television writer Jimmy Hibbert and music journalist Tom Hibbert.[3]

He died on 21 December 2008, in Henley, from bronchial pneumonia at the age of 84.[1][3][4] He was cremated, after a humanist ceremony in Oxford, on 2 January 2009.[5]

Works edit

  • The Road to Tyburn: The Story of Jack Sheppard and the Eighteenth Century Underworld (Longmans, 1957)
  • King Mob: The Story of Lord George Gordon and the Riots of 1780 (Longmans, 1958)
  • Wolfe at Quebec (Longmans, 1959)
  • Corunna (B. T. Batsford, 1961) ISBN 113571309X
  • The Destruction of Lord Raglan (Longmans, 1961)
  • Benito Mussolini. A Biography (Longmans, 1962) reprinted as Mussolini: The Rise and Fall of Il Duce (St Martin's Griffin, 2008; Foreword by Tobias Jones)
  • The Battle of Arnhem (B. T. Batsford, 1962)
  • The Roots of Evil: A Social History of Crime and Punishment (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1963)
  • Agincourt (B. T. Batsford, 1964)
  • The Wheatley Diary: A Journal and Sketch-book kept during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign (Longmans, 1964) editor
  • The Court at Windsor. A Domestic History (Longmans, 1964) later revised
  • Garibaldi and His Enemies (Longmans, 1965)
  • The Making of Charles Dickens (HarperCollins, 1967)
  • Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Campaign (New English Library, 1967) ISBN 978-1853266874
  • Highwaymen (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967) "Pageant of History" series
  • Charles I (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968)
  • London: The Biography of a City (Longmans, Green & Co., 1969)
  • The Grand Tour (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969)
  • The Search for King Arthur (Cassell, 1969) reprinted as King Arthur (Tempus, 2007)
  • The Dragon Wakes: China and the West, 1793-1911 (Longmans, 1970)
  • Recollections of Rifleman Harris (Leo Cooper, 1970) editor ISBN 085052-005-3
  • The Personal History of Samuel Johnson (Longmans, 1971)
  • Tower of London (Newsweek, 1971) ISBN 978-0882250021 "Wonders of Man" series
  • Edward: The Uncrowned King (Macdonald, 1972)
  • Versailles (Newsweek, 1972) "Wonders of Man" series
  • George IV. Prince of Wales, 1762-1811 Vol 1: (Longman, 1972)
  • George IV. Regent and King, 1811-1830 Vol 2: (Allen Lane, 1974)
  • The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici (Allen Lane, 1974) reprinted by the Folio Society, 1998
  • A Soldier of the Seventy-First: The Journal of a Soldier in the Peninsular War (Leo Cooper, 1975) editor
  • The Illustrated London News: Social History of Victorian Britain (Angus and Robertson, 1975)
  • Edward VII: A Portrait (Allen Lane, 1976)
  • Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Queen Caroline; by Joseph Nightingale (Folio Society, 1978) editor
  • Disraeli and his World (Thames and Hudson, 1978) ISBN 0-500-13065-5
  • The Great Mutiny: India, 1857 (Allen Lane, 1978), as Penguin Pocketbook: 1980, ISBN 978-0-14-004752-3.
  • The Court of St James's: The Monarch at Work from Victoria to Elizabeth II (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979) ISBN 0-29777631-2
  • The French Revolution (Penguin, 1980) ISBN 978-0-14004945-9.
  • Greville's England: Selections from the Diaries of Charles Greville 1818-1860 (Folio Society, 1981) editor
  • Africa Explored: Europeans in the Dark Continent, 1769-1889 (Allen Lane, 1982)
  • Chateaux of the Loire (Newsweek, 1983) "Wonders of Man" series
  • The London Encyclopaedia with Ben Weinreb (Macmillan, 1983) later revised, with Julia and John Keay (3rd ed. 2010)
  • Rome: The Biography of a City (Viking, 1985) ISBN 0393019845
  • Cities and Civilisations (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986) ISBN 0-297-78934-1 reprinted by the Folio Society, 2003
  • The English: A Social History (Grafton, 1987) ISBN 0246121815
  • Venice: The Biography of a City (Grafton, 1988)
  • The Encyclopaedia of Oxford (Macmillan, 1988)
  • London's Churches assisted by Tessa Street with photographs by Martin Black (Queen Anne Press, 1988) ISBN 0-356-12762-1
  • Redcoats and Rebels (Grafton, 1990) ISBN 978-0393322934
  • The Virgin Queen: The Personal History of Elizabeth I (Viking, 1990)
  • Captain Gronow: His Reminiscences of Regency and Victorian Life, 1810-60 (Kyle Cathie, 1991) editor
  • Florence: The Biography of a City (Viking, 1993) ISBN 0140166440
  • Cavaliers & Roundheads: The English at War, 1642–1649 (HarperCollins, 1993)
  • The Story of England (Phaidon Press, 1994)
  • Nelson: A Personal History (Penguin, 1994) ISBN 978-0-14-016738-2
  • No Ordinary Place: Radley College and the Public School System 1847–1997. London: John Murray General Publishing Division. 1997. ISBN 0-7195-5176-5.
  • Wellington: A Personal History (HarperCollins, 1997)
  • George III: A Personal History (Penguin, 1998) ISBN 978-0-14-025737-3
  • Queen Victoria: A Personal History (HarperCollins, 2000)
  • The Marlboroughs: John and Sarah Churchill 1650-1744 (Viking, 2001)
  • Napoleon: His Wives and Women (HarperCollins, 2002)
  • Great Battles: Agincourt (Phoenix new edition 2003) ISBN 1842127187
  • Disraeli: A Personal History (HarperCollins, 2004)
  • The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431–1519 (Mariner Books, 2009)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Christopher Hibbert: popular historian". The Times. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ Sheppard, Francis (27 January 2009). "Obituary: Christopher Hibbert". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e Sheppard, Francis (27 January 2009). "Obituary: Christopher Hibbert". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Grimes, William (6 January 2009). "Christopher Hibbert, 84, Lively Historian, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Hibbert, Arthur Raymond [Christopher] (1924–2008), historian". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. May 2012. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/100916. ISBN 978-0-19-861411-1. Retrieved 23 September 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Subscription needed.

Further reading edit

  • Crookes, John; Green, Alison; Smith, Sarah (2001). Debrett's People of Today (14th Annual ed.). London. p. 906. ISBN 1-870520-64-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links edit

January 01, 1970
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Arthur Raymond Christopher Hibbert MC FRSL FRGS 5 March 1924 21 December 2008 was an English author popular historian and biographer He has been called a pearl of biographers New Statesman and probably the most widely read popular historian of our time and undoubtedly one of the most prolific The Times 1 Christopher HibbertBorn5 March 1924Enderby EnglandDied21 December 2008 aged 84 Henley on Thames EnglandOther namesArthur Raymond HibbertAcademic backgroundAlma materOriel College OxfordAcademic workMain interestsBritish historyNotable worksVarious major biographies Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal life 3 Works 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksBiography editArthur Raymond Hibbert was born in Enderby Leicestershire in 1924 the son of Canon H V Hibbert died 1980 and his wife Maude He was the second of three children and christened Arthur Raymond 2 He was educated at Radley College in Oxfordshire before he went up to Oriel College at the University of Oxford 1 3 He was awarded the degrees of BA and later MA citation needed He left Oriel College to join the Army where a sergeant major referred to Hibbert as Christopher Robin of Winnie the Pooh books based upon his youthful looks The name Christopher subsequently stuck During World War II Hibbert served as an infantry officer in the London Irish Rifles regiment in Italy reaching the rank of captain He was wounded twice and awarded the Military Cross in 1945 3 4 From 1945 to 1959 he was a partner in a firm of land agents and auctioneers 1 and began his writing career in 1957 4 Hibbert was awarded the Heinemann Award for Literature in 1962 for The Destruction of Lord Raglan 3 He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Personal life editHibbert lived at Henley on Thames Oxfordshire and was a member of the Army and Navy Club and the Garrick Club He was married to Susan Piggford and the couple had three children his literary executor Kate Hibbert television writer Jimmy Hibbert and music journalist Tom Hibbert 3 He died on 21 December 2008 in Henley from bronchial pneumonia at the age of 84 1 3 4 He was cremated after a humanist ceremony in Oxford on 2 January 2009 5 Works editThe Road to Tyburn The Story of Jack Sheppard and the Eighteenth Century Underworld Longmans 1957 King Mob The Story of Lord George Gordon and the Riots of 1780 Longmans 1958 Wolfe at Quebec Longmans 1959 Corunna B T Batsford 1961 ISBN 113571309X The Destruction of Lord Raglan Longmans 1961 Benito Mussolini A Biography Longmans 1962 reprinted as Mussolini The Rise and Fall of Il Duce St Martin s Griffin 2008 Foreword by Tobias Jones The Battle of Arnhem B T Batsford 1962 The Roots of Evil A Social History of Crime and Punishment Weidenfeld amp Nicolson 1963 Agincourt B T Batsford 1964 The Wheatley Diary A Journal and Sketch book kept during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign Longmans 1964 editor The Court at Windsor A Domestic History Longmans 1964 later revised Garibaldi and His Enemies Longmans 1965 The Making of Charles Dickens HarperCollins 1967 Waterloo Napoleon s Last Campaign New English Library 1967 ISBN 978 1853266874 Highwaymen Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1967 Pageant of History series Charles I Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1968 London The Biography of a City Longmans Green amp Co 1969 The Grand Tour Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1969 The Search for King Arthur Cassell 1969 reprinted as King Arthur Tempus 2007 The Dragon Wakes China and the West 1793 1911 Longmans 1970 Recollections of Rifleman Harris Leo Cooper 1970 editor ISBN 085052 005 3 The Personal History of Samuel Johnson Longmans 1971 Tower of London Newsweek 1971 ISBN 978 0882250021 Wonders of Man series Edward The Uncrowned King Macdonald 1972 Versailles Newsweek 1972 Wonders of Man series George IV Prince of Wales 1762 1811 Vol 1 Longman 1972 George IV Regent and King 1811 1830 Vol 2 Allen Lane 1974 The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici Allen Lane 1974 reprinted by the Folio Society 1998 A Soldier of the Seventy First The Journal of a Soldier in the Peninsular War Leo Cooper 1975 editor The Illustrated London News Social History of Victorian Britain Angus and Robertson 1975 Edward VII A Portrait Allen Lane 1976 Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Queen Caroline by Joseph Nightingale Folio Society 1978 editor Disraeli and his World Thames and Hudson 1978 ISBN 0 500 13065 5 The Great Mutiny India 1857 Allen Lane 1978 as Penguin Pocketbook 1980 ISBN 978 0 14 004752 3 The Court of St James s The Monarch at Work from Victoria to Elizabeth II Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1979 ISBN 0 29777631 2 The French Revolution Penguin 1980 ISBN 978 0 14004945 9 Greville s England Selections from the Diaries of Charles Greville 1818 1860 Folio Society 1981 editor Africa Explored Europeans in the Dark Continent 1769 1889 Allen Lane 1982 Chateaux of the Loire Newsweek 1983 Wonders of Man series The London Encyclopaedia with Ben Weinreb Macmillan 1983 later revised with Julia and John Keay 3rd ed 2010 Rome The Biography of a City Viking 1985 ISBN 0393019845 Cities and Civilisations Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1986 ISBN 0 297 78934 1 reprinted by the Folio Society 2003 The English A Social History Grafton 1987 ISBN 0246121815 Venice The Biography of a City Grafton 1988 The Encyclopaedia of Oxford Macmillan 1988 London s Churches assisted by Tessa Street with photographs by Martin Black Queen Anne Press 1988 ISBN 0 356 12762 1 Redcoats and Rebels Grafton 1990 ISBN 978 0393322934 The Virgin Queen The Personal History of Elizabeth I Viking 1990 Captain Gronow His Reminiscences of Regency and Victorian Life 1810 60 Kyle Cathie 1991 editor Florence The Biography of a City Viking 1993 ISBN 0140166440 Cavaliers amp Roundheads The English at War 1642 1649 HarperCollins 1993 The Story of England Phaidon Press 1994 Nelson A Personal History Penguin 1994 ISBN 978 0 14 016738 2 No Ordinary Place Radley College and the Public School System 1847 1997 London John Murray General Publishing Division 1997 ISBN 0 7195 5176 5 Wellington A Personal History HarperCollins 1997 George III A Personal History Penguin 1998 ISBN 978 0 14 025737 3 Queen Victoria A Personal History HarperCollins 2000 The Marlboroughs John and Sarah Churchill 1650 1744 Viking 2001 Napoleon His Wives and Women HarperCollins 2002 Great Battles Agincourt Phoenix new edition 2003 ISBN 1842127187 Disraeli A Personal History HarperCollins 2004 The Borgias and Their Enemies 1431 1519 Mariner Books 2009 References edit a b c d Christopher Hibbert popular historian The Times 29 December 2008 Retrieved 28 April 2020 Sheppard Francis 27 January 2009 Obituary Christopher Hibbert The Guardian Retrieved 29 April 2021 a b c d e Sheppard Francis 27 January 2009 Obituary Christopher Hibbert The Guardian Retrieved 28 August 2011 a b c Grimes William 6 January 2009 Christopher Hibbert 84 Lively Historian Dies The New York Times Retrieved 28 August 2011 Hibbert Arthur Raymond Christopher 1924 2008 historian Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press May 2012 doi 10 1093 ref odnb 100916 ISBN 978 0 19 861411 1 Retrieved 23 September 2012 Subscription or UK public library membership required Subscription needed Further reading editCrookes John Green Alison Smith Sarah 2001 Debrett s People of Today 14th Annual ed London p 906 ISBN 1 870520 64 5 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link External links editWorks by or about Christopher Hibbert at Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christopher Hibbert amp oldid 1217080226, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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