Marc Morris (historian)

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Marc Morris
Born (1973-09-14) 14 September 1973 (age 51)
Academic background
Alma mater King's College London
University of Oxford
Thesis The Bigod earls of Norfolk in the thirteenth century (2004)

Marc Morris (born 1973) is a British historian, who has also presented a television series, Castle, on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, [1] and wrote the book that accompanied the series. His 2005 book on the earls of the Bigod family was praised for its "impeccable research and fluent sense of narration". [2]

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He was educated at Oakwood Park Grammar School, King's College London and the University of Oxford. At Oxford, he was a student of the Faculty of Modern History and Merton College, Oxford. [3] His Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree was awarded in 2004 for a doctoral thesis title "The Bigod earls of Norfolk in the thirteenth century". [3]

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  1. Novakovich, Mary (7 May 2003). "Pick of the day: Television". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  2. Kagay, Donald J. (2006). "Rev. of Morris, The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century". Speculum . 81 (4): 1233–34. doi:10.1017/s0038713400004784. JSTOR   20463981.
  3. 1 2 Morris, Marc (2004). The Bigod earls of Norfolk in the thirteenth century (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  4. Ridgeway, H.W. (2006). "Rev. of Morris, The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century". The English Historical Review . 121 (494): 1520–21. doi:10.1093/ehr/cel328.