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- Jasper Godwin Ridley, FRSL (25 May 1920 – 1 July 2004) was a British writer, known for historical biographies. He received the 1970 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his biography of Lord Palmerston. Born in West Hoathly, Sussex, he was educated at Felcourt School, Magdalen College, Oxford, and the Sorbonne. He trained and practised as a barrister, being called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1945, before starting to write. During the Second World War, he served with an air defence unit and manned an anti-aircraft battery at Portsmouth, where the man next to him was killed by shrapnel. He served on St Pancras Borough Council from 1945 to 1949, and stood, unsuccessfully, as Labour Party candidate for Winchester in 1955 general election. He married, in 1949, Vera Pollak, who died in 2002 and with whom he had two sons and a daughter. (en)
- Jasper Ridley (1920-2004) fue un escritor británico, conocido por sus libros y biografías de carácter histórico. Galardonado con el premio James Tait Black Memorial Prize por su biografía Lord Palmerston. (es)
- Jasper Godwin Ridley, né le 25 mai 1920 et mort le 1er juillet 2004 est un écrivain biographe et essayiste britannique. Il obtient en 1970 le prix James Tait Black Memorial Prize pour sa biographie Lord Palmerston. (fr)
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- Jasper Ridley (1920-2004) fue un escritor británico, conocido por sus libros y biografías de carácter histórico. Galardonado con el premio James Tait Black Memorial Prize por su biografía Lord Palmerston. (es)
- Jasper Godwin Ridley, né le 25 mai 1920 et mort le 1er juillet 2004 est un écrivain biographe et essayiste britannique. Il obtient en 1970 le prix James Tait Black Memorial Prize pour sa biographie Lord Palmerston. (fr)
- Jasper Godwin Ridley, FRSL (25 May 1920 – 1 July 2004) was a British writer, known for historical biographies. He received the 1970 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his biography of Lord Palmerston. Born in West Hoathly, Sussex, he was educated at Felcourt School, Magdalen College, Oxford, and the Sorbonne. He trained and practised as a barrister, being called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1945, before starting to write. During the Second World War, he served with an air defence unit and manned an anti-aircraft battery at Portsmouth, where the man next to him was killed by shrapnel. (en)
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