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Simon Targett (born 1964) is an English historian, lecturer and freelance journalist. He is a former associate editor of the Financial Times.[1][2] In March 2018 Barnes & Noble included his book New World, Inc.: The Making of America by England’s Merchant Adventurers, co-written with American business writer John Butman, in its list of best history books of the month.[3][4]

Targett has a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge.[4]

In 2024 he was elected chair of the Richmond Local History Society in Richmond, London.[5][6] He has given talks to the society on George Vancouver,[7] on Robert Walpole[8] and on Richmond and Mortlake’s part in the founding of America and the launching of the British Empire.[9]

Works

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Books

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  • (with John Butman) New World, Inc: The Making of America by England's Merchant Adventurers, 432 pp. (Little, Brown and Company, 2018) ISBN 978-0316307888[10][11]
  • (with Michael J. Silverstein, Abheek Singhi, Carol Liao and David Michael). The 10 Trillion Dollar Prize: Captivating the Newly Affluent in China and India (Harvard Business Review Press, 2012) ISBN 978-1422187050[12]

Journal articles

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Personal life

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Targett lives in St Margarets, London.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "FT Wealth Quarterly: Foreword by Simon Targett, Associate Editor". Financial Times. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Media: Financial Times appoints editor of FT.com". Campaign. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. ^ Somers, Jeffrey (1 March 2018). "The Best History Books of March 2018". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b Leibowitz, Glenn (21 April 2018). "How to Research and Write a Non-Fiction Book that Readers Will Love". Write With Impact. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Ex Financial Times journalist to chair Richmond group as it prepares to mark its 40th anniversary". Richmond Nub News. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Who's who". Richmond Local History Society. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b Targett, Simon (9 October 2023). Simon Targett 9.10.23 Petersham adventurer George Vancouver. Richmond Local History Society via YouTube. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. ^ Targett, Simon (8 November 2021). Simon Targett 8.11.21 Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister, and his connections to Richmond. Richmond Local History Society via YouTube. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. ^ Targett, Simon; Fowler, Simon (October 2018). "Talk by Dr Simon Targett (joint event with Barnes and Mortlake History Society): Richmond and Mortlake's part in the founding of America and the launching of the British Empire". Richmond Local History Society. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  10. ^ "New World, Inc.: The Making of America by England's Merchant Adventurers". Goodreads. 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  11. ^ Morgan, Kenneth (Spring 2019). "New World, Inc.: The Making of America by England's Merchant Adventurers". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 49 (4): 659–660. doi:10.1162/jinh_r_01349. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  12. ^ Debois, Pierre (20 October 2012). "China and India Are The $10 Trillion Prize". Small Business Trends. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  13. ^ Targett, Simon (1994). "Government and Ideology during the Age of Whig Supremacy: The Political Argument of Sir Robert Walpole's Newspaper Propagandists". The Historical Journal. 37 (2): 289–317. doi:10.1017/S0018246X00016484. JSTOR 2640204. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
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