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About Asa Briggs
Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs was an English historian. He was a leading specialist on the Victorian era, and the foremost historian of broadcasting in Britain. Briggs achieved international recognition during his long and prolific career for examining various aspects of modern British history. He became a life peer in 1976.
Everything about Asa Briggs →- Occupation
- media historian, politician, historian, university teacher
- Position held
- member of the House of Lords, life peer, Booker Prize judge, professor emeritus
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- May 7, 1921
- Died
- March 15, 2016