Ian Mortimer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ian Mortimer
Occupation	Historian
Date Of Birth	Sep 22, 1967(1967-09-22)
Age	57
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Petts Wood
Horoscope	Virgo

Ian Mortimer Biography

Ian Mortimer is one of the most popular and richest Historian who was born on September 22, 1967 in Petts Wood, United Kingdom. Ian James Forrester Mortimer, FSA, FRHistS (born 22 September 1967) is an British historian and author for historical fictional works. He is most famous for his novel The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England, which became an Sunday Times bestseller in paperback in the year 2010.

Mortimer has also undertaken studies into the social history of the first modern medical profession. His article “The Triumph of the Doctors” was presented with in 2004 the Alexander Prize by the Royal Historical Society. In this essay , he demonstrated that injured and ill people near death changed their faith in physical salvation from a solely spiritual source of healing power (God or Jesus Christ) to a mostly human source (physicians and doctors) in the years 1615-1670 and suggested that this shift in perspective was one of the most significant shifts that western society has witnessed.

In 2011, Mortimer entered the genre of historical fiction, publishing the first book from his Elizabethan era Clarenceux Trilogy using the pen name of James Forrester. James Forrester are Mortimer’s middle names. His fourth novel, The Outcasts of Time, was published under his ordinary name: it won the 2018 Winston Graham Prize for Historical Fiction.

Mortimer is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS). On 12 February 2015, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).

Between 2003 and 2009, the author published a string of biographies of the medieval politicians: first Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Then Edward III, and Henry IV, as well as 1415, which was a year in the history of Henry V.

Ian Mortimer Net Worth

Ian Mortimer is one of the richest Historian from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ian Mortimer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Since 1999, he has resided in the tiny city of Moretonhampstead situated in Devon, England, which is part of Dartmoor National Park. In 2003, he was appointed by the Secretary of States as a as a Member of the Dartmoor National Park Authority, to represent the parishes. In 2009, he was again appointed as Member by Secretary of State and this time he represented the national interest, an office was continued until the year 2017. Other public positions include the Lord Chancellor’s Forum on Historical Manuscripts and Academic Research, from 2011 to (subsequently named Forum on Archives and Academic Research, later renamed Forum on Archives and Academic Research) and the Fabric Advisory Committee of Exeter Cathedral from 2011 to 2016.

Mortimer was born in Petts Wood, and was educated at Eastbourne College, the University of Exeter (BA and PhD and Dr. Litt) in addition to University College London (MA). In 1993-2003,, he was employed by a variety of major research institutions such as The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts as well as The University of Exeter and the University of Reading. His first publication was a poem which were published in a variety of literary magazines. In 2000, his poem “31 December 1999” was presented with the prize of Exeter University to a poem titled ‘Poem for the Millennium that was accessible to all current and former students at the university and was judged by then poet laureate Andrew Motion.

Mortimer’s best known book, however, is The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England, first published in the United Kingdom in 2008. It was followed by The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England (which became a BBC TV series, presented by the author) and The Time Traveller’s Guide to Restoration Britain. He is also well known for pioneering, in his first two books and an article in The English Historical Review, the argument (based on evidence such as the Fieschi Letter) that Edward II did not die in Berkeley Castle in 1327.

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Ian Ranked on the list of most popular Historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Ian Mortimer celebrates birthday on September 22 of every year.