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Guy Martyn Thorold Huchet de la Bédoyère (born November 1957) is a British historian who has published widely on
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and other subjects; and has appeared regularly on the
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archaeological television series ''
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'', starting in 1998.


Family background

Despite his French surname, de la Bédoyère's father's ancestry is mostly English, Anglo-Irish and Scottish, with a large part belonging to the ancient
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family of Thorold baronets as well as the dukes of Manchester and the earls of Salisbury. His great-great-grandfather was Anthony Wilson Thorold, Bishop of Winchester. One of his male-line ancestors was the cousin of Charles de la Bédoyère,
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's aide-de-camp at Waterloo in 1815. His grandfather, Michael de la Bédoyère, was the editor of the ''
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'' for approximately thirty years. Through his mother's side, de la Bédoyère is a cousin of the actress
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, the footballer
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, and the artist Julie Gough, sharing common descent from David Storrar Gough (1885-1957).


Life

Guy de la Bédoyère was born in Wimbledon on 27 November 1957, the eldest of five children. He was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon, and
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. He took an archaeology and history degree at
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, in 1980, part of Durham University, with a subsidiary paper in
Egyptology Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , ''-logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious p ...
, a degree in modern history at the
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in 1985, and an MA in
archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...
at the Institute of Archaeology, now part of
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, in 1987. From 1981 to 1998 he worked for most of the time as a sound engineer for
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...
Radio News at
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and Broadcasting House in London. In 1998 he became a full-time freelance writer and broadcaster. His special interests, apart from the
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and
Roman Britain Roman Britain was the period in classical antiquity when large parts of the island of Great Britain were under occupation by the Roman Empire. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. During that time, the territory conquered wa ...
, include coinage (ancient and modern), and the writings of Samuel Pepys and
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. He is a Fellow of the
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, a Fellow of the
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, and a Fellow of the
Historical Association The Historical Association is a membership organisation of historians and scholars founded in 1906 and based in London. Its goals are to support "the study and enjoyment of history at all levels by creating an environment that promotes lifelong lea ...
. In 1997 he discovered that the rebel Romano-British emperor called Carausius (AD 286–293) had placed explicit reference to lines from poetry by the poet
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on his coins, considered a major discovery in the history of the period. Between 2007 and 2016 de la Bédoyère gave up his full-time freelance work as a writer and broadcaster, to teach at Kesteven and Sleaford High School in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. After training on the Graduate Teacher Programme, he specialised in teaching Modern History and Classical Civilisation.


Television appearances

Guy de la Bédoyère made regular appearances on
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archaeological television series ''
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'' as a historian, usually for episodes relating to Roman or military archaeology. In 1999 de la Bédoyère presented a three-part series called ''The Romans in Britain'' for BBC2, produced by the
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. In 2002 he presented ''Rebuilding The Past'' which was broadcast on the Discovery Channel in 2003 and was narrated by
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. The programme detailed the building of a Roman villa for the first time in 1600 years in Britain – Butser Ancient Farm at Chalton, Hampshire.Butser Ancient Farm
Retrieved 18 February 2014 He left the show before the completion of the project because of a number of issues with the build. He has also taken part in a number of other television programmes including a live archaeology programme from Egypt in 2004 and a live programme from Pompeii in 2006 for Channel 5; a 2006 series on genealogy called '' My Famous Family'', which he co-presented with
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for UKTV History; and occasional appearances on ''
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''.


Works

de la Bédoyère has published books on a diverse range of subjects. These include: *a number of publications on Roman history for
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; *a book on the archaeology of aviation of the
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(for which he took a private pilot's licence at Biggin Hill); *an edition of the correspondence between the
diarist A diary is a written or audiovisual record with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. Diaries have traditionally been handwritten but are now also often digital. A personal d ...
s Samuel Pepys and
John Evelyn John Evelyn (31 October 162027 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best known as a diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society. John Evelyn's diary, or ...
; *an edition of Samuel Pepys's other letters; *''The Home Front'', *''The History of Computers'', *''The First Polio Vaccine'', World Almanac Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2006, . *''The Discovery of Penicillin'' in a series of educational science history books He occasionally contributes to magazines, usually those concerned with history, archaeology or heritage. More recently, he has written for the '' Daily Telegraph'', primarily concerning himself with the
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. Selected works: * ''Particular Friends: The Correspondence of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn'', Boydell (2nd edition 2005). . * ''The Diary of John Evelyn'', Boydell, Woodbridge, 1995. * ''The Letters of Samuel Pepys'', Boydell, Woodbridge, 2006. . * ''The Finds of Roman Britain'', Batsford, London 1988. . * ''The Buildings of Roman Britain'', Batsford, London 1991, now reprinted by Tempus, Stroud, 2001 as a revised second edition. . * ''A Companion to Roman Britain'', Tempus, Stroud, 1999. . * ''Eagles over Britannia: The Roman Army in Britain'', Tempus, Stroud, 2001. . * ''Roman Towns in Britain'', Tempus, 2003. . * ''Architecture in Roman Britain'', Shire Archaeology no. 66, 2002. . * ''Roman Britain: A New History'', Thames & Hudson, 2006. . * ''Cities of Roman Italy'', Bristol Classical Press, 2010. . * ''Real Lives of Roman Britain'', Yale University Press, 2015. . * ''Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Imperial Bodyguard'', Yale University Press, 2017. . * ''Domina: The Women who Made Imperial Rome'', Yale University Press, 2018. . * ''Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army'', Little, Brown Book Group, 2020. . * ''Pharaohs of the Sun: How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty'', Little, Brown Book Group, 2022. .


See also

* Michael de la Bédoyère * Anthony Wilson Thorold * List of Durham University people


References


Sources


Guy de la Bédoyère's Youtube Channel ''Classical Civilization''Debrett's People of TodayDuckworth Academic and Bristol Classical Press author pageThames & Hudson author page
{{DEFAULTSORT:De La Bedoyere, Guy Alumni of Collingwood College, Durham Alumni of the UCL Institute of Archaeology Living people Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London 1957 births Time Team Historians of Roman Britain