Wolfson History Prize
1 appearances
Jerry White
ジェリー・ホワイト
Jerī Howaito
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Dorset → London
Career
- Occupations
- Local government official, Historian
- Active Years
- 1967-2024
- Affiliations
- London Borough of Hackney, Local Government Ombudsmen for England, Birkbeck, University of London
- Influenced By
- Raphael Samuel
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
London in the Nineteenth Century: A Human Awful Wonder of God
2008 HistoryA history of London in the nineteenth century.
London historyUrban life
London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People
2008 HistoryA history of London in the twentieth century.
London historyUrban life
London In The Eighteenth Century: A Great and Monstrous Thing
2012 HistoryA history of London in the eighteenth century.
London historyUrban life
Bibliography
- Rothschild Buildings: life in an East End tenement block 1887-1920
- Campbell Bunk: The Worst Street in North London Between the Wars
- London in the Nineteenth Century: A Human Awful Wonder of God
- London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People
- London: The Story of a Great City
- London In The Eighteenth Century: A Great and Monstrous Thing
- Zeppelin Nights: London in the First World War
- London Stories
- Mansions of Misery: A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed historical narrativeUse of oral history
- Recurring Motifs
- London's underclassUrban transformation
Legacy
Renowned historian of London, acclaimed for his trilogy on the city's history from 1700 to 2000.