About Martin Meredith
Born 1942. Martin Meredith is a British historian, journalist and biographer.
Martin Meredith (born 1942) is a historian, journalist, and biographer. He has written several books on Africa and its modern history.
Life Meredith first worked as a foreign correspondent in Africa for The Observer and Sunday Times, then as a research fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford. Living near Oxford, he is now an independent commentator and author.
Meredith's writing has been described as authoritative and well-documented, despite the pessimism so often imposed upon his subject matter.
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British historian, journalist and biographer
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Martin Meredith was born in 1942.
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Martin Meredith is a historian, journalist and biographer.
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Martin Meredith is British.
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