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Dan Snow is a broadcaster and author. His history programmes, apps and books have proved popular around the world and have won many awards. After a childhood spent visiting castles, battlefields and museums around the world he won a Double First Class degree at Balliol College, Oxford. His passion in history is e eighteenth century which saw so many foundations of the modern world being built. While at university he captained the Oxford rowing team in its annual race against Cambridge. The 麻豆社 produced a programme which saw Dan and his father, Peter, a veteran journalist, tell the story of the battle of El Alamein. This led to numerous other programmes including a four part series on the rise of the British Royal Navy, 16 episodes of Battlefield Britain, with his Dad, a feature length documentary on the Battle of the Ancre in 1916 and a month long expedition down the Colorado through the Grand Canyon. He has a regular history slot on 麻豆社1's One Show which brings history to the widest possible audience.
Beyond television, his book on the fall of Quebec in 1759 was described as the best account yet written. His historical apps have enjoyed critical and commercial success. He has more followers on Twitter and Periscope than any other historian in the world.
He lives in the heart of the New Forest, surrounded by history, with his wife and two children.