Nicholas Foulkes is an English historian, author, and journalist. He has written extensively about 19th-century social history as well as the history of luxury goods.

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included his book, ''The Impossible Collection of Watches,'' in a list of "5 Books Every Watch Collector Should Own," and his book, ''Swans —Legends of the Jet Society,'' was optioned for production as a TV series.

Education

Mr. Foulkes attended

Christ's Hospital Christ's Hospital is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 11–18) with a royal charter located to the south of Horsham in West Sussex. The school was founded in 1552 and received its first royal charter in 1553 ...

and

Hertford College, Oxford Hertford College ( ), previously known as Magdalen Hall, is a colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on Catte Street in the centre of Oxford, directly opposite the main ga ...

at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

, where he graduated in 1983.

Honours

In 2007, Foulkes was named Havana Man of the Year (''Habano Hombre del Año'') in the Communications category. In 2021, Foulkes was named President of the Jury for the 2021 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, intended to highlight and annually reward the excellence of the watchmaking art.

Personal life

One of Nicholas’ son, Max Foulkes, works with the Sahakians at Davidoff of London. Nicholas and Max started their own father and son Youtube channel, where they share and discuss cigars and great conversation.

Bibliography

*''Scandalous Society: Passion and Celebrity in the Nineteenth Century'' (2004) *''Dancing into Battle: A social history of the battle of Waterloo'' (2007) *''High Society: The History of America’s Upper Class'' (2008) *''Gentlemen and Blackguards: Gambling mania and the plot to steal the derby of 1844'' (2011) *''Swans: Legends of the Jet Society'' (2013) *''The Impossible Collection of Watches'' (2014) *''Bernard Buffet: The Invention of the Modern Mega-Artist'' (2016) *''Patek Philippe: The Authorized Biography'' (2016) *''Cigars: A Guide'' (2017) *''Automata : A Brief History of the Automata from Ancient Times to the Fée Ondine'' (2017) *''Time Tamed'' (2019) *''Ira: The Life and Times of a Princess'' (2019) *''Jaeger LeCoultre: Reverso'' (2020)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Foulkes, Nicholas English journalists Living people 1960s births People educated at Christ's Hospital Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford