Frank McLynn

Francis James McLynn, FRHistS, FRGS (born 29 August 1941) — known as Frank McLynn — is a British author, biographer, historian and journalist. He is noted for critically acclaimed biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Louis Stevenson, Carl Jung, Richard Francis Burton and Henry Morton Stanley.

McLynn was educated at Wadham College, Oxford[1] and the University of London.[2] He was Alistair Horne Research Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford (1987–88) and was visiting professor in the Department of Literature at the University of Strathclyde (1996–2001)[3] and professorial fellow at Goldsmiths College London (2000–2002)[4] before becoming a full-time writer.

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References

  1. ^ Random House Books
  2. ^ Frank McLynn, "The Jacobites", Back cover bio
  3. ^ Frank McLynn, "Villa and Zapata: A History of the Mexican Revolution", Back cover bio, [1]
  4. ^ Royal Literary Fund
  5. ^ January Magazine
  6. ^ Midlothian, Our Library