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Christopher Lloyd (born 1 April 1968) is a historian, educationalist and author, best known for his sweeping narratives on big history (the history of the world). He is the author of the best selling book ''What on Earth Happened: The Complete Story of the Planet (Bloomsbury, 2008)〔http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/christopher-lloyd〕'', which has sold 500,000 copies. Lloyd is a keen 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,〔http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookclub/7979831/Family-Book-Club-The-What-on-Earth-Wallbook.html〕 which present a broader view of world history and visualise connections between the past and the present day. Lloyd is regularly invited to give talks 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〔http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/Events/Event623039.aspx〕 conference lecture at Reading University in early 2015. ==Family life and education== Lloyd was born and spent his early years in Dorking, Surrey with his parents, 2 brothers and 2 sisters until the age of 6 when the family moved to Effingham. His father, Angus Lloyd was an art dealer and one of the co-founders of Henri Lloyd Clothing along with Henri Strzelecki MBE. His mother, Wanda, dedicated her time to bringing up Lloyd and his 4 siblings. Lloyd’s great uncle was the famous English gardener and prolific author Christopher Lloyd (gardener), OBE of Great Dixter.〔http://www.greatdixter.co.uk/about/christopher-lloyd/〕 His great grandfather was Nathaniel Lloyd,〔http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/f1362fad-e1a8-4d5d-a814-864d9fad9096〕 an architect, printer and author who wrote several classic text books including ''The History of the English House'' and ''The History of British Brickworks''.〔http://www.amazon.co.uk/History-English-Brickwork-architectural-manipulation/dp/0907462367〕 It was he who hired Edwin Lutyens, the celebrated architect, to renovate and extend the gardens at Dixter, later renamed Great Dixter. As Lloyd grew up, his great uncle became an inspiration to him. It was on his death in 2006〔http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/30/pressandpublishing.booksobituaries〕 that Lloyd decided to continue the tradition that his uncle had started, by writing one book every year. Lloyd attended Wellesley House School in Broadstairs followed by Charterhouse. He was awarded two scholarships: Lady Ward History Scholarship and an Exhibition Scholarship, which enabled him to take up his place at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, to study history. He graduated with a double first in 1990. Lloyd’s Director of Studies at Cambridge University was Maurice Cowling who was also Michael Portillo’s mentor. Upon completing his degree, Lloyd was engaged as a researcher by Sir Peregrine Worsthorne, ex-Sunday Telegraph Editor and journalist, to help him write his memoir ''Tricks of Memory: An Autobiography'',〔http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tricks-Memory-Autobiography-Peregrine-Worsthorne/dp/029781186X〕 which was published in 1993. Lloyd went on to gain a diploma in newspaper journalism from City University of London whilst working as a graduate trainee journalist on The Sunday Times. 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「Christopher Lloyd (world history author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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