Henry Lincoln
Henry Lincoln | |
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| Born | Henry Soskin 12 February 1930 London, England |
| Died | 23 February 2022 (aged 92) France |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, screenwriter, author |
| Known for | Co-author The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail |
Henry Soskin (12 February 1930 – 23 February 2022), better known as Henry Lincoln, was a British author, television presenter, scriptwriter, and actor. He co-wrote three Doctor Who multi-part serials in the 1960s, and — starting in the 1970s — inspired three Chronicle BBC Two documentaries on the alleged mysteries surrounding the French village of Rennes-le-Château (on which he was writer and presenter) — and, from the 1980s, co-authored and authored a series of books of which The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail was the most popular, becoming the inspiration for Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code. He was the last living person to have written for Doctor Who in the 1960s.