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'''Philip Wilkinson''' (born 1955) is the author of [[non-fiction]] books for [[children]] and [[adults]]. He was educated at [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]], [[Oxford]]. He worked as an editor prior to becoming an author.


He specialises in works on [[history]], [[the arts]], [[religion]], and [[architecture]] and has written over forty titles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/33208/philip-wilkinson|title=Philip Wilkinson|website=[[Penguin Random House Canada]]}}</ref> Wilkinson wrote an important work on the Romans. He now lives in Gloucestershire.


==Selected works==
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'''Philip Wilkinson''' is the author of [[non-fiction]] books for [[children]] and [[adults]]. He was educated at [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]], [[Oxford]]. He worked as an editor prior to becoming an author.

He specialises in works on [[history]], [[the arts]], [[religion]], and [[architecture]] and has written over forty titles.

==Books by Philip Wilkinson==
*''Amazing Buildings'' (1993)
*''Amazing Buildings'' (1993)
*''Building'' (1997)
*''Building'' (1997)
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*''Gandhi (QED Great Lives Series)'' (2005)
*''Gandhi (QED Great Lives Series)'' (2005)
*''Generating Power (Ideas & Inventions Series)'' (2005)
*''Generating Power (Ideas & Inventions Series)'' (2005)
*''Life and D''
*''Life and Death: Pushing the Boundaries of Knowledge (Ideas & Inventions Series)'' (2005)
*''Lift the Lid on Gladiators: Discover the Excitements of Sporting Combat in Ancient Rome, and Kit Out Your Own Gladiator'' (2005)
*''Sea,Sky and Space (Ideas & Inventions Series)'' (2005)
*''Yangtze'' (2005)
*''Yangtze'' (2005)
*''The English Buildings Book'' (with [[Peter Ashley]], 2006)
*''The English Buildings Book'' (with [[Peter Ashley]], 2006)
*"English Abbeys: Monastic Buildings and Culture" (2006)
*''English Abbeys: Monastic Buildings and Culture'' (2006)
*''Religions'' (2008)
*''Ships: History, Battles, Discovery, Navigation''
*''Phantom Architecture'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/worlds-greatest-buildings-never-existed-phantom-architecture/|title=The world's greatest buildings that never existed: Phantom Architecture - review|first=Michael|last=Bird|date=November 12, 2017|website=[[Daily Telegraph]]}}{{registration required}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Children's Non-Fiction / Nonfiction Authors]]
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* [[List of children's non-fiction writers]]

==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050920084215/http://www.philipwilkinson.co.uk/ Philip Wilkinson Official Site]


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* [http://www.philipwilkinson.co.uk/ Philip Wilkinson Official Site]


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Latest revision as of 11:58, 31 July 2024

Philip Wilkinson (born 1955) is the author of non-fiction books for children and adults. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He worked as an editor prior to becoming an author.

He specialises in works on history, the arts, religion, and architecture and has written over forty titles.[1] Wilkinson wrote an important work on the Romans. He now lives in Gloucestershire.

Selected works

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  • Amazing Buildings (1993)
  • Building (1997)
  • Illustrated Dictionary of Religions (1999)
  • The Shock of the Old (2001)
  • What the Romans Did For Us (2001)
  • The Best-Ever Book of Ships (2002)
  • The Kingfisher World Atlas (2003)
  • Encyclopedia of Religion (with Rabbi Douglas Channing, 2004)
  • Food and Farming: Feeding an Expanding World (Ideas & Inventions Series) (2005)
  • Gandhi: The Young Protestor Who Founded a Nation (National Geographic World History Biographies) (2005)
  • Gandhi (QED Great Lives Series) (2005)
  • Generating Power (Ideas & Inventions Series) (2005)
  • Life and D
  • Yangtze (2005)
  • The English Buildings Book (with Peter Ashley, 2006)
  • English Abbeys: Monastic Buildings and Culture (2006)
  • Religions (2008)
  • Ships: History, Battles, Discovery, Navigation
  • Phantom Architecture (2017)[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Philip Wilkinson". Penguin Random House Canada.
  2. ^ Bird, Michael (12 November 2017). "The world's greatest buildings that never existed: Phantom Architecture - review". Daily Telegraph.(registration required)
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