In the mid-1940s, the family moved to Southend-on-Sea in Essex before moving back to London. His mother, Gertie (née Steinberg), was from an Ashkenazi Lithuanian Jewish family (from Kaunas, present-day Lithuania), and his father, Arthur Schama, was of Sephardi Jewish background (from Smyrna, present-day İzmir in Turkey), later moving through Moldova and Romania. Schama was born on 13 February 1945 in Marylebone, London. Schama was knighted in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List. In the United Kingdom, he is perhaps best known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television documentary series A History of Britain broadcast between 20. He first came to public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled Citizens, published in 1989. He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University. Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL ( / ˈ ʃ ɑː m ə/ SHAH-mə born 13 February 1945) is an English historian specialising in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. Recorded December 2013 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Start the Week
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