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Simon Thurley (Simon John Thurley) was born on 29 August, 1962 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, is an English academic and architectural historian. Discover Simon Thurley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

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Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 29 August 1962
Birthday 29 August
Birthplace Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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His wife is Katharine Goodison Anna Keay (m. 2008)

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1950

His late father, a veterinarian, was born and raised in British India, and returned to England in the 1950s some years after India's independence in 1947.

1962

Simon John Thurley, (born 29 August 1962) is an English academic and architectural historian.

1963

Thurley married Katharine Goodison (born 1963), a lawyer-turned-hat-designer and daughter of Sir Nicholas Goodison (former Stock Exchange chairman).

1972

He attended Kimbolton School in Cambridgeshire (1972–82), before leaving to study for a BA degree in History at Bedford College (1982–85).

1974

Thurley married secondly Anna Keay (born 1974), a fellow historian, in February 2008.

1985

He passed with a 2:1, and continued his studies at the Courtauld Institute of Art (1985–89).

There he gained a distinction for an MA degree in Art History, and obtained a PhD degree with the thesis entitled "English Royal Palaces 1450–1550".

1988

Whilst working on his doctoral research, he took up a post as Inspector of Ancient Monuments for English Heritage (1988–90), later becoming Curator of Historic Royal Palaces (1989–97) and director of the Museum of London (1997 to March 2002).

2002

He served as Chief Executive of English Heritage from April 2002 to May 2015.

In April 2021, he became Chair of the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Thurley was born in Huntingdon and grew up in Godmanchester.

He feels that it was inevitable he became a historian since "by age seven I was helping out at Roman digs near my home ... and childhood holidays invariably involved ticking off stately homes and cathedrals".

In 2002, at the age of 39, Thurley was appointed Chief Executive of English Heritage; his relative youth at taking this post led him to be dubbed a "Boy Wonder".

She was the Properties Presentation Director for English Heritage from 2002 to 2011, and is now Director of the Landmark Trust.

2004

He is also a prolific history broadcaster, presenting a history slot on BBC London for three years and – in television – presenting Flying Through Time, Channel Four's 2004 six-part series Lost Buildings of Britain (Channel 4), The Buildings that Shaped Britain (Channel 5) and a six-part history of London (Granada).

He also appeared as an expert in a number of episodes of the long-running Channel 4 archaeological programme Time Team.

2006

They had known each other for about 15 years, but got to know each other better when they worked on a documentary called The Buildings That Shaped Britain for Channel 5 in 2006.

They live in London and a medieval merchant's house in King's Lynn, Norfolk, and have two children.

2007

They divorced in 2007.

2009

Thurley was the highest-paid member of English Heritage's staff: his emoluments in 2009 totalled £163,000, comprising a basic salary of £136,000 and a performance-related award of £27,000, twenty per cent of basic salary.

2010

In 2010 he was awarded an Honorary LLD degree by the University of Bath.

2011

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to conservation.