Simon Schama

Sir Simon Schama

CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL
Sir Simon Schama; CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL
	At the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award presentation in 2013
Born	Simon Michael Schama; 13 February 1945; Marylebone, London, England
Partner	Virginia Papaioannou
Children	2
Awards	Wolfson History Prize; Leo Gershoy Award; Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Academic background
Education	Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	History and art history
Sub-discipline	British history; European history; Jewish history; Eighteenth century; French Revolution; Patriottentijd; Dutch Golden Age;
Institutions	Christ's College, Cambridge; Brasenose College, Oxford; School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris; Harvard University; Columbia University;

Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL (/ˈʃɑːmə/ SHAH-mə; born 13 February 1945) is an English historian and television presenter. He specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University.

Schama first came to public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled Citizens, published in 1989. He is also known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television documentary series A History of Britain (2000—2002), as well as other documentary series such as The American Future: A History (2008) and The Story of the Jews (2013).

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