Christopher Wilson (biographer)
Christopher Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947 (age 76–77) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupations | Journalist and Biographer |
| Known for | Royal Biographer |
Christopher Wilson (born 1947) is a journalist and biographer.[1]
Life
Wilson was born in Lancashire in 1947, the son of a naval officer.[2][3] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[1]
Wilson began his career at the Bedfordshire Times before moving to Fleet Street to work for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Telegraph. He subsequently worked for ITV as one of the first Environment correspondents.[2]
After ITV, Wilson returned to Fleet Street as diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Express, later becoming the William Hickey Columnist, a position previously held by Nigel Dempster. Following his tenure at the Daily Express, Wilson continued his career as a journalist for The Times, the Daily Telegraph and Today before becoming a full-time Royal Biographer.
Wilson lectures on the British Royal Family and is a regular contributor to TV documentaries and debates on the subject. He has been associate producer of three Channel Four documentaries on royalty.
In 2009 he was appointed a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Winchester.[4]
Student Journalism
As a result of the death of a young colleague in the 1983 Harrods bombing, Wilson founded in conjunction with St Edmund Hall, Oxford, the Philip Geddes Awards. These encourage student journalists into the profession, and form the core of British journalism's longest-established independent charity which, since it inception, has granted would-be writers prize money worth over £100,000. In recognition of this work Wilson was elected an honorary member of St Edmund Hall's senior common room in 1998.[5]
The Three Printers
Wilson was instrumental in the rescue of the only public monument to journalism, 'Three Printers' by Wilfred Dudeney (1911-1989). Originally sited in New Street Square behind Fleet Street, the sculpture disappeared during the square's 2005 redevelopment and was destined for a builder's crusher until his intervention. It is now re-sited in the public gardens of the Goldsmiths Company in Gresham Street, London EC2.[6]
Publications
- Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue, by Christopher Wilson. Published by St Martin’s Griffin, 2002
- The Windsor Knot: Charles, Camilla, and the Legacy of Diana, by Christopher Wilson. Published by Pinnacle, 2002[7]
- A Greater Love, by Christopher Wilson. Published by William Morrow & Co, 1994[8]
- Absolutely… Goldie, by Christopher Wilson. Published by Harper Collins Entertainment, 1999[9]
- By Invitation Only, by Christopher Wilson and Richard Young. Published by Quartet Books, 1981
- Diana V Charles, by Christopher Wilson and James Whitaker
- Around the World in 80 Years, by Christopher Wilson and Arne Larsson. Published by Ankroon Publishing, 2002[10]
References
- ^ a b Bedford Modern School of the Black and Red by Andrew Underwood (1981); reset and updated (2010)
- ^ a b SEO IY e-Solutions ©2007. "Christopher Wilson is a leading author, broadcaster and journalist on the British royal family". christopherwilson.info.
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- ^ "The ghosts of Fleet Street past : Three Printers by Wilfred Dudeney". The Crimson Rambler. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ^ "The Windsor knot". worldcat.org.
- ^ "A greater love : Prince Charles's twenty-year affair with Camilla Parker Bowles". worldcat.org.
- ^ "Absolutely-- Goldie : the biography". worldcat.org.
- ^ "Around the world in 80 years". worldcat.org.