John Guy is a leading British historian and biographer. Born in Australia, he moved to Britain with his parents in 1952. He was educated at King Edward VII School in Lytham, and Clare College, Cambridge, where he read History, taking a First. At Cambridge, Guy studied under the Tudor specialist Geoffrey Rudolph Elton. He was awarded a Greene Cup by Clare College and the Yorke Prize by the University of Cambridge.

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  • John Guy is a leading British historian and biographer. Born in Australia, he moved to Britain with his parents in 1952. He was educated at King Edward VII School in Lytham, and Clare College, Cambridge, where he read History, taking a First. At Cambridge, Guy studied under the Tudor specialist Geoffrey Rudolph Elton. He was awarded a Greene Cup by Clare College and the Yorke Prize by the University of Cambridge. During his academic career he has held posts at St Andrews University (where he is Honorary Professor and was sometime Vice-Principal for Research), Bristol University, UC Berkeley, Rochester and Johns Hopkins. Guy currently teaches at Cambridge University, as a fellow of Clare College, where he teaches part-time so he can devote more time to his writing and broadcasting career. Guy specializes in the history of Tudor England and has written extensively on the subject. His books have been critically acclaimed, with his most recent work, My Heart is My Own: the Life of Mary Queen of Scots, being awarded the 2004 Whitbread Biography Award. Among his current projects is a volume in the New Oxford History of England on the early Tudor period. His style is one of re-assessment and evaluation and his works often involve him re-telling and re-evaluating history from a novel viewpoint. He is now married to Julia Fox, a former history teacher, who has written 'Jane Boleyn: The Infamous Lady Rochford'. He is the author of "A Daughter's Love: Thomas More and his daughter Meg," 2009.
  • John Guy er en ledende britisk historiker og biografer. Guy er født i Australia, men flyttet til Storbritannia med sine foreldre i 1952. Han studerte ved King Edward VII School i Lytham, og Clare College ved Universitet i Cambridge hvor han tok en grad i historie. Ved Cambridge studerte han under Tudor-spesialisten Geoffrey Rudolph Elton. Han ble belønnet med Greene Cup av Clare College og Yorke Price fra Universitet i Cambridge. I løpet av sin akademiske karriere har han holdt posisjoner ved Universitet ved St Andrews (hvor han ble utnevnt til æresprofessor og var tidvis også viselektor for forskning), Bristol University, UC Berkeley, Rochester og Johns Hopkins University. Pr 2007 foreleser han ved Universitetet i Cambridge som medlem av Clare College på deltid slik at han kan benytte mer tid på skriving og på arbeid i media som BBC. Guy er en spesialist på Tudortiden og skrevet omfattende om epoken. Hans bøker har fått rosende omtaler og hvor hans nyest verk My Heart is My Own: the Life of Mary Queen of Scots, ble priset med Whitbread Biography Award i 2004. Hans stil er å bedømme og reevaluere, og hans verker består ofte at han forteller historien fra en ny og overraskende synsvinkel.
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  • John Guy is a leading British historian and biographer. Born in Australia, he moved to Britain with his parents in 1952. He was educated at King Edward VII School in Lytham, and Clare College, Cambridge, where he read History, taking a First. At Cambridge, Guy studied under the Tudor specialist Geoffrey Rudolph Elton. He was awarded a Greene Cup by Clare College and the Yorke Prize by the University of Cambridge.
  • John Guy er en ledende britisk historiker og biografer. Guy er født i Australia, men flyttet til Storbritannia med sine foreldre i 1952. Han studerte ved King Edward VII School i Lytham, og Clare College ved Universitet i Cambridge hvor han tok en grad i historie. Ved Cambridge studerte han under Tudor-spesialisten Geoffrey Rudolph Elton. Han ble belønnet med Greene Cup av Clare College og Yorke Price fra Universitet i Cambridge.
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