Christopher Lloyd (world history author)
Christopher Lloyd | |
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| Born | 1 April 1968 Dorking, Surrey, UK |
| Occupation | Author Publisher Journalist |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University Peterhouse |
| Genre | Non-fiction, history, science, children's |
| Notable works | What on Earth Happened?: The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day , The What on Earth? Wallbook of Natural History: From the dawn of life to the present day, The What on Earth? Wallbook of Science & Engineering: A Timeline of inventions from the Stone Ages to the present day |
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| whatonearthbooks | |
Christopher Lloyd (born 1 April 1968) is a historian, educationalist and author on Big History. He is the author of What on Earth Happened: The Complete Story of the Planet (Bloomsbury, 2008), which has sold 500,000 copies. Lloyd is an advocate of connected learning. In collaboration with Beckenham-based illustrator Andy Forshaw, Lloyd has established a format for telling giant narratives to young people by using illustrative timelines called Wallbooks, which present a broader view of world history and visualise connections between the past and the present day.
Lloyd gives talk at schools, literary festivals, universities, societies, museums, businesses and institutes on a variety of topics including cross-curricular integration, narrative journeys around each of his books as well as motivational lectures. He gave a TEDx conference lecture at Reading University in early 2015.