Norman Longmate
Norman Longmate (15 December 1925 – 4 June 2016) was an English author and social and military historian. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and Worcester College, Oxford, where he read Modern History. Author of 31 books, and of various radio documentaries, he often worked as a historical adviser on TV programmes, including the BAFTA-award winning "How We Used to Live". He was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1981. Longmate died in June 2016 at the age of 90.