Jonathan Bardon

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Jonathan Bardon (born in Dublin, 1941), OBE, is an Irish historian and author.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Bibliography
4 References

[edit] Early life

Bardon was born in Dublin in 1941 and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1963.^[1] Shortly thereafter, in 1964, he moved to Belfast to begin his teaching career at Orangefield Boys Secondary School.^[2] While in Belfast, he enrolled at Queens University, Belfast, where he received a Diploma in Education, also in 1964.^[1] Living in Northern Ireland as a young man during the beginning of the Troubles, he credits two things that piqued his fascination with it, while remaining nonpolitical: his early teaching experiences educating young boys, both Catholic and Protestant, in Belfast; and a five feature commission he received from the now-defunct Sunday Times to write about and research the Battle of the Somme.^[3]

[edit] Career

Bardon is best known for his critically acclaimed text, A History of Ulster. The book examines, in detail, the cultural, social, economic, and political arenas of the province, beginning with the early settlements and progressing linearly to present-day Ulster.

He has also written numerous radio and television programmes on the subject of Northern Ireland. Most recently in he was commissioned by BBC Radio to create a two hundred and forty episode series entited A Short History of Ireland. The final episode aired on 18 March 2007.^[4]

In 2002, Bardon received an OBE for "services to community life."^[5]

[edit] Bibliography

A History of Ulster. Blackstaff Press, 1992.
Belfast: A Century. Blackstaff Press, 1999.
Belfast: An Illustrated History. Blackstaff Press, 1982.
Belfast: 1000 Years. Blackstaff Press, 1985.
Beyond the Studio: A History of BBC Northern Ireland. Blackstaff Press, 2000.
Dublin: One Thousand Years of Wood Quay. Blackstaff Press, 1988. (co-authored with Stephen Conlin).