About Edward Brooke-Hitching
Edward Brooke-Hitching was a British non-fiction writer, map collector, writer, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker.
Edward Brooke-Hitching is an English author, and a researcher and writer for BBC panel show QI. He is the son of rare book collector and antiquarian dealer Franklin Brooke-Hitching, and a descendant of the printer and bibliographer William Blades, who wrote the history of book preservation The Enemies of Books.
Brooke-Hitching was exposed to his father's work through his rare bookshop, and worked for an auctioneer in London before turning to a writing career.
His Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports described 90 obsolete pastimes such as fox tossing, octopus wrestling and ski ballet.
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Who was Edward Brooke-Hitching?
English writer and map-collector
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Edward Brooke-Hitching was born in London.
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Edward Brooke-Hitching was a non-fiction writer, map collector, writer, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker.
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Edward Brooke-Hitching was British.
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