Peter Frankopan
Peter Frankopan | |
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Peter Frankopan, a British historian and author in November 2018 | |
| Born | 22 March 1971 |
| Occupations | Historian and academic |
| Spouse | Jessica Sainsbury |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Don Louis Doimi de Lupis Ingrid Detter |
| Relatives | Lady Nicholas Windsor (sister) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Eton College Jesus College, Cambridge (BA) Corpus Christi College, Oxford (DPhil) |
| Thesis | The foreign policy of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1081-c.1100) (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | James Howard-Johnston |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
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| Institutions | Worcester College, Oxford King's College, Cambridge |
Peter Frankopan (born 22 March 1971) is a British historian, writer, and hotelier. He is a professor of global history at Worcester College, Oxford, and the Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. He is also professor of Silk Roads studies at the University of Cambridge, a bye-fellow of King's College and associate director of the UNESCO Silk Roads programme. He is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. He is best known for his 2015 book The Silk Roads.