Ben Shephard (historian)
{{Short description|English historian, author, and television producer (1948–2017)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
Ben Shephard (1948–2017) was an English historian, author, and television producer. He was educated at Diocesan College, Cape Town, and Westminster School. He graduated in history from Oxford University and made many historical documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4, including producer of The World at War and The Nuclear Age. He died on 25 October 2017 at the age of 69.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=ben-shephard&pid=187098628 Ben Shephard]
Bibliography
- A War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists, 1914—1994, Jonathan Cape, London
- After Daybreak: The Liberation of Belsen, 1945, Pimlico, London, 2005, {{ISBN|978-1-84413-540-0}}
- The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War, Penguin Random House, 2012 {{ISBN|978-1-40003-350-8}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070923050354/http://ccw.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/bios/shephard.asp Brief Biography]
- [http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/408200 Review of A War of Nerves in Medscape]
- [https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/long-road-home-aftermath-second-world-war Review of The Long Road Home]
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shephard, Ben}}
Category:Alumni of Diocesan College, Cape Town
Category:Alumni of University College, Oxford
Category:English television producers
Category:People educated at Westminster School, London
Category:20th-century English businesspeople
{{England-writer-stub}}