Gavin Weightman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 March 1945 Gosforth, Northumberland, England |
| Died | 18 December 2022 (aged 77) Whitechapel, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and documentary filmmaker |
| Children | 3 |
Gavin Weightman (4 March 1945 – 18 December 2022) was a British journalist and documentary filmmaker who specialised in the social history of London and Britain from the 18th century.[1]
His books included The Making of Modern London, co-authored in 1983 with Steve Humphries (re-issued in 2007 by Ebury Press); The Frozen Water Trade (2003), Signor Marconi's Magic Box (2003), and The Industrial Revolutionaries (2007).[2] Weightman's journalism included many articles for New Society magazine in the 1970s.