Barnaby Rogerson (born 17 May 1960) is a British author, television presenter and publisher. He has written extensively about the Muslim world, including a biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad,[1][2] and numerous travel guides.
Rogerson was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and studied Medieval History at St Andrews University. He became a writer of guidebooks, to Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, Istanbul and Libya. He now lives in London with his wife and business partner, Rose Baring. Together they run Eland Books, a publishing company specialising in reprinting classics of travel writing.[3]
He has worked as a lecturer for tour companies such as Martin Randall Travel,[4] Eastern Approaches and Andante, and as a freelance travel writer he has written three hundred articles and reviews for the TLS, Guardian, Independent, House & Garden, Harpers & Queen, Cornucopia, Country Life and the Daily Telegraph.[5]
Rogerson has also appeared as a television presenter, on the BBC programme Life of Muhammad,[6] the Al Jazeera programme The Caliph.[7] and Pilot productions Muslim Empire series.
- ^ Guppy, Shusha (17 March 2003). "The Prophet Muhammad: a biography by Barnaby Rogerson". The Independent. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ Webster, Jason (22 February 2003). "With the Immediacy of Yesterday". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Barnaby Rogerson". The Clerkenwell Post. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Barnaby Rogerson". Martin Randall Travel. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "About Barnaby Rogerson". barnabyrogerson.com.
- ^ "The Life of Muhammad". BBC Two.
- ^ "The Caliph". interactive.aljazeera.com.