{"name": "Lawrence James", "key": "/authors/OL62866A", "personal_name": "Lawrence James", "birth_date": "26 May 1943", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "alternate_names": ["Edwin James Lawrence"], "photos": [14419646], "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Edwin James Lawrence, most commonly known as Lawrence James, born in Bath, Somerset, England, is an English historian and writer.\r\n\r\nJames graduated with a BA in English & History from the University of York in 1966, and subsequently undertook a research degree at Merton College, Oxford. Following a career as a teacher, James became a full-time writer in 1985.\r\n\r\nJames has written several works of popular history about the British Empire, and has contributed pieces for *Daily Mail*, *The Times* and the *Literary Review*.\r\n\r\nSource: [goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/83259.Lawrence_James)"}, "latest_revision": 6, "revision": 6, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2023-09-07T23:47:13.566393"}}