Jasper Ridley

Jasper Ridley was a British writer renowned for his historical biographies, including acclaimed works on Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Thomas Cranmer, Mussolini, and Tito. A former barrister educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and the Sorbonne, he received the 1970 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his biography of Lord Palmerston.

West Hoathly, United Kingdom May 25, 1920 Wikipedia
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