Simon Targett

Simon Targett (born 1964) is an English historian, lecturer and freelance journalist. He is a former associate editor of the Financial Times. In March 2018 Barnes & Noble included his book New World, Inc.: The Making of America by England’s Merchant Adventurers, co-written with American business writer John Butman, in its list of best history books of the month.

Targett has a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge.

In 2024 he was elected chair of the Richmond Local History Society in Richmond, London. He has given talks to the society on George Vancouver, on Robert Walpole and on Richmond and Mortlake’s part in the founding of America and the launching of the British Empire.

Works

Books

Journal articles

Personal life

Targett lives in St Margarets, London.

References

  1. ↑ "FT Wealth Quarterly: Foreword by Simon Targett, Associate Editor". Financial Times. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Media: Financial Times appoints editor of FT.com". Campaign. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Somers, Jeffrey (1 March 2018). "The Best History Books of March 2018". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  4. 1 2 Leibowitz, Glenn (21 April 2018). "How to Research and Write a Non-Fiction Book that Readers Will Love". Write With Impact. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ex Financial Times journalist to chair Richmond group as it prepares to mark its 40th anniversary". Richmond Nub News. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Who's who". Richmond Local History Society. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  7. 1 2 Targett, Simon (9 October 2023). Simon Targett 9.10.23 Petersham adventurer George Vancouver. Richmond Local History Society via YouTube. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Targett, Simon (8 November 2021). Simon Targett 8.11.21 Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister, and his connections to Richmond. Richmond Local History Society via YouTube. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. ↑ Targett, Simon; Fowler, Simon (October 2018). "Talk by Dr Simon Targett (joint event with Barnes and Mortlake History Society): Richmond and Mortlake's part in the founding of America and the launching of the British Empire". Richmond Local History Society. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "New World, Inc.: The Making of America by England's Merchant Adventurers". Goodreads. 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  11. ↑ Morgan, Kenneth (Spring 2019). "New World, Inc.: The Making of America by England's Merchant Adventurers". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 49 (4): 659–660. doi:10.1162/jinh_r_01349. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  12. ↑ Debois, Pierre (20 October 2012). "China and India Are The $10 Trillion Prize". Small Business Trends. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  13. ↑ Targett, Simon (1994). "Government and Ideology during the Age of Whig Supremacy: The Political Argument of Sir Robert Walpole's Newspaper Propagandists". The Historical Journal. 37 (2): 289–317. doi:10.1017/S0018246X00016484. JSTOR 2640204. Retrieved 2 January 2024.