Herodotus, Josephus, Michael King, Simon Schama and Edward Gibbon share what common focus?
Simon Schama Simon Schama Sir Simon Michael Schama, CBE, FRSL, FBA (; born 13 February 1945) is an English Jewish historian specialising in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history and French history. He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University, New York. He first came to public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled "", published in 1989. In the United Kingdom, he is perhaps best known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television documentary series "A History of Britain" broadcast between 2000 and 2002. Schama was knighted in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours
Simon Schama Writing in "The Observer", Andrew Anthony called it "an astonishing achievement, a TV landmark." In 2018, Simon Schama wrote and presented five of the nine episodes of "Civilisations", a reboot of the 1969 series by Kenneth Clark. Schama is married to Virginia Papaioannou, a geneticist from California; they have two children, Chloe and Gabriel. As of 2014, he resides in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Schama is a supporter of the Labour Party, as well as the cross-party political movement More United. In August 2014, Schama was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to "The Guardian"