Philippa Gregory was born on 9 January 1954 in Nairobi, Kenya, the second daughter of Elaine (Wedd) and Arthur Percy Gregory, a radio operator and navigator for East African Airways. When she was two years old, her family moved to England. She was a "rebel" at school, but managed to attend the University of Sussex. She worked in BBC radio for two years before attending the University of Edinburgh, where she earned her doctorate in 18th-century literature, and she was named Alumna of the Year 2009. She has taught at the University of Durham, University of Teesside, and the Open University, and was made a Fellow of Kingston University in 1994.
Philippa wrote her first novel Wideacre while completing her a PhD, and living in a cottage on the Pennine Way with first husband Peter Chislett, editor of the Hartlepool Mail, and their baby daughter, Victoria. They divorced before the book was published. Following the success of Wideacre and the publication of The Favoured Child, she moved south to near Midhurst, West Sussex, where the Wideacre trilogy was set. Here she married her second husband Paul Carter, with whom she has a son. She divorced for a second time and married Anthony Mason, who she had first met during her time in Hartlepool. She was an established historian and writer when she discovered her interest in the Tudor period and wrote the novel The Other Boleyn Girl which was made into a tv drama, and a major film. Her love for history and commitment to historical accuracy are the hallmarks of her writing. She also reviews for the Washington Post, the LA Times, and for UK newspapers, and is a regular broadcaster on television, radio, and webcasts.
Philippa now lives on a 100-acre (0.40 km2) farm in the North York Moors national park, with her husband, children and stepchildren (six in all). In her Yorkshire farm, she keeps horses, hens and ducks. Her interests include riding, walking, skiing, and gardening. Her other great interest is the charity that she founded nearly twenty years ago: Gardens for The Gambia. She has raised funds and paid for almost 200 in the primary schools of this very dry and poor African country, and thousands of school children have been able to learn market gardening in the school gardens watered by the wells. The charity also provides wells for womens’ collective gardens and for The Gambia’s only agricultural college at Njawara.
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Born | 9 January 1954 |
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Great Britain, England, Italy, Bristol, Europe, Africa, Bristol (England), Grande-Bretagne, Sussex (England), Venice, Venice (Italy), Virginia, Gran Bretaña, Inglaterra, Middle East, Rome, Scotland, The Tower of London, Windsor CastlePeople
Henry VIII King of England (1491-1547), Richard III King of England (1452-1485), Catharine of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England (1485-1536), Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603), Elizabeth Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England (1437?-1492), Jacquetta Duchess of Bedford (1416?-1472), Anne Boleyn Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England (1507-1536), Anne Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England (1456-1485), Catherine of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England (1485-1536), Edward V King of England (1470-1483), Elizabeth Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England (1465-1503), Henry VII King of England (1457-1509), Jane Grey Lady (1537-1554), John Tradescant (1608-1662), Margaret Pole Salisbury Countess of (1473-1541), Mary Boleyn (1508-1543), Richard Duke of York (1472-1483), Henri VIII roi d'Angleterre (1491-1547), Henry VI(1421 - 1471), Isabel Neville, Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby (1443-1509), Margaret Queen, consort of James IV, King of Scotland (1489-1541), Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort of Henry VI(1430 - 1482), Mary I Queen of England (1516-1558), Mary Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France (1496-1533)Time
Henry VIII, 1509-1547, Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485, 18th century, Edward IV, 1461-1483, Tudors, 1485-1603, 1268-1492, Richard III, 1483-1485, 1485-1603, Tudors, 476-1492, Elizabeth, 1558-1603, Henry VII, 1485-1509, 15th century, 16th century, 1800s, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, To 1500, 0-1559, 13th-15th centuries, 1485-1603 (Tudors), 1491, 1509-1547 (Henri VIII), 1787, 1790, 17th century, 1990sID Numbers
- OLID: OL31358A
- ISNI: 0000000082046205
- VIAF: 19698456
- Wikidata: Q240212
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- Philippa Gregory
- Philippa Gregory Chislett Carter Mason
- Gregory Philippa
- PHILIPPA GREGORY
- PHILIPPA GREGORY; PHILIPPA GREGORY; PHILIPPA GREGORY
- Philippa GREGORY
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