Personal Info
Known ForActing
GenderMale
BirthdayJuly 22, 1948 (76 years old)
Place of BirthMoss Side, Manchester, England, UK
Michael Wood
Biography
Michael David Wood, OBE FSA (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster. He has presented numerous well-known television documentary series from the late 1970s to the present day. Wood has also written a number of books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, The Story of England, and In Search of Shakespeare. He was appointed Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester in 2013.
Known For
Ancients
Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail
In Search of Myths and Heroes
The Story of China
Michael Wood on Beowulf
Christina: A Medieval Life
Gilbert White: the Nature Man
The Home Invaders
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
In Search of Shakespeare
In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great
The Story of India
Conquistadors
In Search of Myths and Heroes
In Search of the Trojan War
Legacy - The Origins of Civilization
Michael Wood's Story Of England
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
The Story of China
The Great British Story: A People's History
Art of the Western World
中国改革开放的故事
In Search of the Dark Ages
The Story of China
The Story of China
Christina: A Medieval Life
Gilbert White: the Nature Man
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
Michael Wood: In search of Beowulf
In Search of Shakespeare
The Story of China
The Great British Story: A People's History
In Search of the Dark Ages
The Story of China