Jonathan Foyle

Foyle grew up in Market Deeping in Lincolnshire and attended The Deepings School. He has a Master of Arts from the Courtauld Institute of Art, and later worked for a year surveying the architectural details and structure of Canterbury Cathedral. He then became Curator of Historic Buildings for Historic Royal Palaces for eight years. During this time Foyle produced a thesis on the early history of Hampton Court and received a doctorate from the University of Reading in 2002. He also has an honorary degree in Conservation and Restoration from the University of Lincoln. == Career ==

Foyle has written many scholarly papers and additionally contributed articles for a number of newspapers and popular magazines. He is perhaps best known as a communicator on history. He has taught and lectured in Britain and around the world and has appeared and presented a number of television broadcasts. Since 2002, he has presented films for Channel 4, the BBC, the History Channel, ITN, Lion and Discovery Channels. In 2009 he presented a series on Henry VIII as art patron. In 2010 he presented a television series Climbing Great Buildings. In 2007 Foyle accepted the position of Chief Executive of World Monuments Fund Britain, the UK arm of a global charity, which aims to secure imperilled architectural sites for future generations. == Television ==

BBC One • Inside Out (Feb. 2010), reporter on Gloucestershire’s pyramids • The One Show (2009), reporter on historic architecture BBC Two • Climbing Great Buildings (2010), presenter, 15-part series, along with climber Lucy Creamer • The People’s Museum (2006), reporter • History Mysteries (2005), series co-presenter • Meet The Ancestors: The Lost Palace Of Hampton Court (2002), specialist BBC Four • People’s Palaces: The Golden Age Of Civic Architecture (2010) 2 x 1 hour, presenter • Henry VIII: Patron Or Plunderer? (2009) 2 x 1 hour, presenter Channel 4 • ''Time Team Special: Henry VIII's Lost Palaces'' (2009), specialist contributor • Time Team Special: The Arcadian Garden (2007), specialist contributor • Time Team Special: The Royal Palaces: Buckingham Palace (2006), specialist contributor • Time Team (2003– ), specialist contributor, including Kew Palace, Syon House, Greenwich Palace, Queenborough Castle, Hunstrete House, Chenies Manor History Channel US • Lost Worlds: The Pyramids (2008), investigator • Lost Worlds: The Sphinx (2008), investigator • Lost Worlds: The Vikings (2007), investigator • Lost Worlds: Henry VIII (2007), investigator Five • County Secrets (2008) 10-part series, presenter History Channel UK • Hidden House History (2006), co-presenter == Professional history ==

• 2007–present chief Executive, World Monuments Fund Britain • 2003–2007 freelance historian, teacher, presenter, consultant • 1996–2003 curator of Historic Buildings, Hampton Court and Kew Palaces, Historic Royal Palaces • 1995–1996 assistant to the Surveyor of the Fabric, Canterbury Cathedral == Publications ==

• The Architecture of Canterbury Cathedral Scala (2012) • ‘Conservation areas in China: the case of the Juanqinzhai in Beijing’ with Henry Tzu-Ng English Heritage Conservation Bulletin 62 (2009) • ‘Some examples of external colouration on English brick buildings, c. 1500–1650’ Bulletin du Centre de recherche du château de Versailles ‘Couleurs de l'architecture’(2002) • 'A Reconstruction of Thomas Wolsey's Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace' Architectural History Vol 45 (2002) pp. 128–58 Illustrations for: • ‘Interpretations of the Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral, 1174–1186: Archaeological and Historical Evidence’ Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1997, Peter Draper ==See also==