Michael Wood (historian)

Michael Wood
OBE, FSA
Michael Wood OBE, FSA
	Wood in 2013
Born	Michael David Wood; 23 July 1948; Moss Side, Manchester, England
Education	Manchester Grammar School
Alma mater	Oriel College, University of Oxford (B. A.)
Occupation(s)	Historian, broadcaster, documentary filmmaker
Notable work	In Search of the Dark Ages (1979); Great Railway Journeys (1980); In Search of the Trojan War (1985); In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1998); The Story of India (2007); In Search of Beowulf (2009); The Story of England (2010); The Story of China (2016)

Michael David Wood (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster. He has presented numerous well-known television documentary series from the late 1970s to the present day. Wood has also written a number of books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, The Story of England, and In Search of Shakespeare. He was appointed Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester in 2013.

Michael Wood OBE, FSA
Wood in 2013
Born	Michael David Wood (1948-07-23) 23 July 1948 Moss Side, Manchester, England
Education	Manchester Grammar School
Alma mater	Oriel College, University of Oxford (B. A.)
Occupation(s)	Historian, broadcaster, documentary filmmaker
Notable work	In Search of the Dark Ages (1979) Great Railway Journeys (1980) In Search of the Trojan War (1985) In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1998) The Story of India (2007) In Search of Beowulf (2009) The Story of England (2010) The Story of China (2016)