Gavin Weightman | |
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Born | Gosforth, Northumberland, England | 4 March 1945
Died | 18 December 2022 Whitechapel, London, England | (aged 77)
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 with Steve Humphries (recently re-issued by The Ebury Press); The Frozen Water Trade; Signor Marconi's Magic Box; and The Industrial Revolutionaries.[2] His journalism included many articles for New Society magazine in the 1970s.