He attended Heald Place Primary School in Rusholme. Wood was born in Moss Side, Manchester, England. He was appointed Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester in 2013. Wood has also written a number of books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, The Story of England, and In Search of Shakespeare. He has presented numerous well-known television documentary series from the late 1970s to the present day. Michael David Wood, OBE FSA (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster.
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1998) Historian, broadcaster, documentary filmmaker
Oriel College, University of Oxford (B A.)
