Simon Schama
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Sir Simon Michael Schama is an English historian and television presenter. He specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. As of January 2026 he is a professor of his
At the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award presentation in 2013
Schama at New York City's Strand Bookstore in 2006.
Haberdashers' Boys' School
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Haberdashers' Boys' School is a private school for boys aged 4–18 in Elstree, Hertfordshire, England. It is a member of the Headmastersʼ and Headmistressesʼ Conference.
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…Romania. In the mid-1940s, the family moved to Southend-on-Sea in Essex, before moving back to London. In 1956, Schama won a scholarship to the private Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Cricklewood (from 1961 Elstree, Hertfordshire). He then studied history at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was taught by John H. Plumb. He…
Coat of arms of the Haberdashers' Company
Boys playing cricket in front of Aldenham House
Aske's Hospital, the school's first home
View of the Clock Tower from Aldenham House