Henry Hitchings

Henry Hitchings (born Nottingham, 11 December 1974) is an author, reviewer and critic, specializing in narrative non-fiction, with a particular emphasis on language and cultural history. The second of his five books, The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English, won the 2008 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.He was a King's Scholar at Eton College before going to Christ Church, Oxford, and then to University College London to research his PhD on Samuel Johnson.

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Birth dateDecember 11, 1974
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Eton College
University College London
Christ Church Oxford

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