Philip Wilkinson (author)
- Philip Wilkinson (author)
Philip Wilkinson is the author of non-fiction books for children and adults. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He worked as an editor prior to becoming an author.
He specialises in works on history, the arts, religion, and architecture and has written over forty titles.
Books by Philip Wilkinson
*"Amazing Buildings" (1993)
*"Building" (1997)
*"Illustrated Dictionary of Religions" (1999)
*"The Shock of the Old" (2001)
*"What the Romans Did For Us" (2001)
*"The Best-Ever Book of Ships" (2002)
*"The Kingfisher World Atlas" (2003)
*"Encyclopedia of Religion" (with Rabbi Douglas Channing, 2004)
*"Food and Farming: Feeding an Expanding World (Ideas & Inventions Series)" (2005)
*"Gandhi: The Young Protestor Who Founded a Nation (National Geographic World History Biographies)" (2005)
*"Gandhi (QED Great Lives Series)" (2005)
*"Generating Power (Ideas & Inventions Series)" (2005)
*"Life and Death: Pushing the Boundaries of Knowledge (Ideas & Inventions Series)" (2005)
*"Lift the Lid on Gladiators: Discover the Excitements of Sporting Combat in Ancient Rome, and Kit Out Your Own Gladiator" (2005)
*"Sea,Sky and Space (Ideas & Inventions Series)" (2005)
*"Yangtze" (2005)
*"The English Buildings Book" (with Peter Ashley, 2006)
*"English Abbeys: Monastic Buildings and Culture" (2006)
ee also
* List of children's non-fiction writers
External links
* [http://www.philipwilkinson.co.uk/ Philip Wilkinson Official Site]
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