Peter Frankopan
Peter Frankopan | |
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Frankopan in 2019 | |
| Born | 22 March 1971 |
| Occupation(s) | Historian and academic |
| Spouse | Jessica Sainsbury |
| Parent | Ingrid Detter de Frankopan |
| Relatives | Lady Nicholas Windsor (sister) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Thesis | The foreign policy of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1081-c.1100) (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | James Howard-Johnston |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | Worcester College, Oxford |
Peter Frankopan FRHistS (born 22 March 1971) is a British historian, writer, and hotelier. He is a professor of global history at Worcester College, Oxford, and the Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. He is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. He is best known for his 2015 book The Silk Roads.