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About Richard Holmes

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Richard Holmes was Professor of Biographical Studies at the University of East Anglia. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and was awarded an OBE in 1992. He is the author of the best-selling The Age of Wonder, which won the 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Writing as well as the 2009 NBCC award for nonfiction, and was one of The New York Times Book Review's Best Books of the Year. Earlier books include Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer, Dr. Johnson & Mr. Savage, Coleridge: Early Visions, and Coleridge: Darker Reflections (an NBCC finalist). He lives in England.

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10/30/2013	Chemical Heritage Foundation event 315 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106	6:00 pm Confirmed
10/31/2013	Politics & Prose Bookstore event 5015 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20008	Confirmed