RICHARD HOLMES

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Birth Date : 05/11/1945


BIOGRAPHER RICHARD HOLMES WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND ON 5 NOVEMBER 1945 AND EDUCATED AT DOWNSIDE SCHOOL AND CHURCHILL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. HIS FIRST BOOK, SHELLEY: THE PURSUIT, WAS PUBLISHED IN 1974 AND WON A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD. HIS LATEST BOOKS ARE: THE AGE OF WONDER (2008), AN EXAMINATION OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE SCIENTISTS OF THE ROMANTIC AGE WHO LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN SCIENCE AND FALLING UPWARDS: HOW WE TOOK TO THE AIR (2013). THE AGE OF WONDER WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2009 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE. HE IS A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE, A FELLOW OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY AND WAS AWARDED AN OBE IN 1992. HE WAS AWARDED AN HONORARY LITT.D. IN 2000 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, WHERE HE WAS APPOINTED PROFESSOR OF BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES IN SEPTEMBER 2001.

चरित्रकार रिचर्ड होम्स यांचा जन्म 5 नोव्हेंबर 1945 साली झाला. त्यांचं शालेय शिक्षण डाऊनसाइड स्कूल येथे तर महाविद्यालयीन शिक्षण चर्चिल कॉलेज येथे झालं. 1974 साली त्यांचं SHELLEY: THE PURSUIT हे पहिलं पुस्तक प्रकाशित झालं. या पहिल्याच पुस्तकाला सोमरसेट मॉम पुरस्कार लाभला. त्यानंतर त्यांनी लिहिलेले कवी सॅम्युअल टेलर यांचे चरित्रही लक्षवेधी ठरले. 2008 साली प्रसिद्ध झालेल्या त्यांचे THE AGE OF WONDER हे पुस्तकही 2009 सालीच्या सॅम्युअल जॉन्सन पुरस्कारासाठी नामांकित झाले होते. ते रॉयल सोसायटी ऑफ लिटरेचर आणि ब्रिटीश अकादमीचे सदस्य असून त्यांना इस्ट अंग्लिया विद्यापीठातर्फे मानद प्राध्यापकाची पदवीही देण्यात आली असून त्यांची 2001 साली चरित्र अभ्यासाचे प्राध्यापक म्हणूनही नेमणूक झाली आहे.
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