Richard Aldous

Richard Aldous is a British historian and biographer based at Bard College, New York.

Born in Essex, Aldous was educated at the University of Cambridge. In 2006 he was made Head of the School of History and Archives in University College Dublin. Aldous has written books about Malcolm Sargent, Harold Macmillan, a twin-biography of Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone, a study of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher's political relationship, a book on JFK's treasury secretary C. Douglas Dillon, as well as a biography of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Since 2010 he is the Eugene Meyer Professor of British History and Culture at Bard College, where he has served as Chair of the Faculty Senate. He is a Contributing Editor for The American Interest, a founding member of the editorial team at ''American Purpose'' magazine, and host of the Bookstack podcast. He has written for newspapers such as the ''Wall Street Journal'', the ''Washington Post'', and the ''New York Times'', and appeared on CNN, Fox News, PBS, RTÉ and the BBC. He was the Spectrum News/NY1 Royal Expert for coverage of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and the coronation of King Charles III. Provided by Wikipedia