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 sir anthony seldon head author master , contemporary historian , commentator and political
anthony seldon

sir anthony francis seldon , -lrb- born 2 august 1953 -rrb- , is a british schoolmaster and a contemporary historian , commentator and political author , known in part for his biographies of john major , tony blair and gordon brown .
he is the 13th master -lrb- headmaster -rrb- of wellington college , one of britain 's prominent co-educational independent boarding schools .
in 2009 , he set up the wellington academy , the first state school to carry the name of its founding independent school .
before that , he was head of brighton college .
seldon is the author or editor of over 35 books on contemporary history , politics and education , was the co-founder and first director of the centre for contemporary british history , is the co-founder of action for happiness , is a governor of the royal shakespeare company and is on the board a number of charities and educational bodies .
he is also both honorary historical adviser to 10 downing street and a member of the first world war centenary culture committee .
seldon was knighted in the 2014 birthday honours for services to education and modern political history .
in april 2015 , he replaced terence kealey as vice-chancellor of university of buckingham , the first private university in britain .
