Andrea Wulf
German-British historian; author of The Invention of Nature, on Alexander von Humboldt.
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- Andrea Wulf is a German-British historian and writer, born in 1967 in New Delhi.
- She grew up in Hamburg and studied design history at the Royal College of Art.
- The Invention of Nature (2015), on Alexander von Humboldt, won the Costa Biography Award and the Royal Society science book prize.
- Magnificent Rebels (2022) is about the first Romantics.
Key facts
- Born
- 1967, New Delhi; grew up in Hamburg1
- Education
- University of Lüneburg; design history, Royal College of Art, London1
- Books
- The Brother Gardeners (2008); Chasing Venus (2012); The Invention of Nature (2015); Magnificent Rebels (2022); The Traveller (2026), on George Forster1
- Awards
- Costa Biography Award (2015); Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize and RGS Ness Award (2016)1
- Fellowship
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (2018)1
- Judge
- Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction (2023)1
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