Tristram Hunt (born 1974), is a British historian, broadcaster and newspaper columnist. He also lectures at the Queen Mary, University of London.

Dr Hunt has made many appearances on television. Aside from presenting a four-part series on the English Civil War in 2002 (tying in with his debut book on the same subject), Hunt also presented the programme advocating Isaac Newton in the BBC's 100 Greatest Britons poll and did a one-hour documentary on the rise of the middle class for Channel 4 last year. He makes regular appearances on BBC Radio 4, having presented broadcasts on such topics as the history of the signature. Furthering his public prominence even more, Hunt, an active New Labour supporter and member of the National Lottery Heritage Trust, has a column with UK Sunday paper, The Observer. An article on then-Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, attracted considerably controversy in late 2005.

Hunt's main area of expertise is urban history, specifically during the Victorian era, and it is this subject which provided him with his second book, Building Jerusalem. The tome, covering such notable Victorian minds as John Ruskin, Joseph Chamberlain and Thomas Carlyle received many favourable reviews. His next literary undertaking is a biography of Karl Marx's friend and literary collaborator Friedrich Engels.

Hunt, the son of Lord Hunt of Chesterton, is married and lives in Finsbury Park.

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