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-lsb- http://www.henryhitchings.com www.henryhitchings.com -rsb- 11 december 1974 author and critic henry hitchings
 henry hitchings eton college christ church , oxford university college london
henry hitchings

henry hitchings -lrb- born nottingham , 11 december 1974 -rrb- is an author , reviewer and critic , specializing in narrative non-fiction , with a particular emphasis on language and cultural history .
the second of his five books , `` the secret life of words : how english became english '' , won the 2008 john llewellyn rhys prize .
he was a king 's scholar at eton college before going to christ church , oxford , and then to university college london to research his phd on samuel johnson .
