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Adam Nicolson FRSL, FSA (born 12 September 1957) is an English author who has written about history, landscape, great literature and the sea. He is noted for his books ''Sea Room'' (about the Shiant Isles, a group of uninhabited islands in the Hebrides); ''God's Secretaries: the making of the King James Bible''; ''Men of Honour'' (about Admiral Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar); ''Earls of Paradise'' (an exploration of Arcadianism in 16th and 17th century England); ''The Smell of Summer Grass'' (describing his struggles with a small Sussex farm); and ''Sissinghurst: an Unfinished History'' (describing his attachment to his family home and his plans to transform the landscape there). ''The Mighty Dead'' (US title:''Why Homer Matters'') describes the epic Greek poems as a powerful voice both in his own life and in European culture. ==Biography== Adam Nicolson is the son of writer Nigel Nicolson and his wife Philippa Tennyson-d'Eyncourt. He is the grandson of the writers Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicolson. He was educated at Summer Fields School,〔Adam Nicolson. ''Prepared for Anything''. The Times Magazine, 25 June 1994. pages 24–30.〕 Eton College where he was a King's Scholar, and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He has worked as a journalist and columnist on the ''Sunday Times'', the ''Sunday Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Telegraph'' and writes regularly for ''National Geographic Magazine'' and ''Granta'', where he is a contributing editor. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Society of Antiquaries and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He has made several television series (with Keo Films) and radio series (with Tim Dee, the writer and radio producer) on subjects as diverse as the King James Bible, 17th-century literacy, Crete, Homer, the idea of Arcadia, the untold story of Britain's 20th-century whalers and the future of Atlantic seabirds. Nicolson has three sons, Thomas (born in 1984), William (born 1986) and Ben (born 1988).〔(Adam Nicolson, 5th Baron Carnock )〕 Since 1992 Nicolson has been married to Sarah Raven. They have two daughters, Rosie (born 1993) and Molly (born 1996) and live at Perch Hill Farm〔(Perch Hill Farm )〕 in Sussex. Between 2005 and 2009, in partnership with the National Trust, Nicolson led a project which transformed the surrounding the house and garden at Sissinghurst into a productive mixed farm, growing meat, fruit, cereals and vegetables for the National Trust restaurant.〔(Sunday Times, 8 February 2009 )〕 In December 2008 he succeeded his cousin David Nicolson, 4th Baron Carnock as 5th Baron Carnock.〔(rexfeatures.com Rex Features 31 January 2009, Adam Nicolson, 5th Baron Carnock at home at Sissinghurst Castle )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adam Nicolson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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