Henry Lincoln

Henry Lincoln
Born
Henry Soskin

(1930-02-12)12 February 1930
London, England
Died23 February 2022(2022-02-23) (aged 92)
France
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter, author
Known forCo-author The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail

Henry Soskin (12 February 1930 – 23 February 2022), better known as Henry Lincoln, was a British author, television presenter, scriptwriter, and actor. He co-wrote three Doctor Who multi-part serials in the 1960s, and — starting in the 1970s — inspired three Chronicle BBC Two documentaries on the alleged mysteries surrounding the French village of Rennes-le-Château (on which he was writer and presenter) — and, from the 1980s, co-authored and authored a series of books of which The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail was the most popular, becoming the inspiration for Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code. He was the last living person to have written for Doctor Who in the 1960s.