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| Born | Patrick Rollo Basil French 28 May 1966 Aldershot, England |
| Died | 16 March 2023 (aged 56) London, England |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh (MA, PhD) |
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| Notable works | The World Is What It Is (2008) |
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| Children | 4 |
Patrick Rollo Basil French (28 May 1966 – 16 March 2023) was a British writer, historian and academician. He was the author of several books including: Younghusband: the Last Great Imperial Adventurer (1994), a biography of Francis Younghusband; The World Is What It Is (2008), an authorised biography of Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul that won the National Book Critics Circle Award in the United States of America;[1] and India: A Portrait (2011).[2]
During the 1992 general election, French was a Green Party candidate for Parliament. He sat on the executive committee of Free Tibet, a Tibet Support Group UK, and was a founding member of the inter-governmental India–UK Round Table.[3]
- ^ "Patrick French". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Patrick French Books – Biography and List of Works – Author of 'Dreams and Memories Of a Lost Land'". Biblio.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Patrick French". The Daily Star. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2024.