Background
Jeremy Ronald Potter was born on April 25, 1922, in London, United Kingdom.
Jeremy Potter
executive historian publisher writer
April 25, 1922 (age 75) London, United Kingdom
Early in his career, Potter joined the staff of the New Statesman - British political and cultural magazine published in London - for eighteen years beginning in 1951. He began as a manager and ultimately became deputy chairman. In 1970 he became managing director of Independent Television Publications Ltd. and also took on the duties of chairman of Independent Television Books a year later. While at the firm, he saw the weekly circulation of the TV Times increase to nearly four million. He began working as director of Hutchison Ltd. in 1978 and rose to the rank of chairman by 1982. From 1978 to 1979 he presided over the Periodical Publishers Association. In addition, Potter worked as a director with London Weekend Television from 1979 to 1992 and for Page & Moy PLC from 1979 to 1989. In 1980 he became director of Constable and Co. As a historian, Potter was interested in the life of English King Richard III and defended the King’s reputation. In 1983 he wrote Good King Richard? An Account of Richard III and His Reputation, 1483-1983. He also appeared in the television show The Trial of Richard Hi as a witness for the defense. His other books include Pretenders to the English Throne, The History of Independent Television in Britain, and Tennis and Oxford. He wrote novels as well, including Hazard Chase, A Trail of Blood, Going West, Death in the Forest, and The Mystery of the Campden Wonder.
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Pretenders to the English Throne
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0389207039/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i6
The dance of death
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006BZ0RQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i9
A Trail of Blood
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0841500630/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i2
Going west
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0094588503/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i8
Disgrace And Favour
(Disgrace and Favour is a novel of life on the Border in t...)
Disgrace and Favour is a novel of life on the Border in the dying years of Elizabeth I's reign and of intrigue and immorality at the court of King James.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0069RXGGS/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3
Death In The Forest
(Death in the Forest is a crime novel with a historical ba...)
Death in the Forest is a crime novel with a historical background. It is set in England in the years following the Norman conquest.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0069RXGA4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
Good King Richard? An Account of Richard III and His Reputation
(Searching for the man behind the portraits, Jeremy Potter...)
Searching for the man behind the portraits, Jeremy Potter adduces a formidable array of colourful and quarrelsome voices from St Thomas More to Laurence Olivier.
https://www.amazon.com/Good-King-Richard-Reputation-Biography/dp/0094688400/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539156197&sr=1-1&keywords=Good+King+Richard%3F%3A+An+Account+of+Richard+III+and+His+Reputation
Tennis and Oxford
https://www.amazon.com/Tennis-Oxford-Jeremy-Potter/dp/0952319705/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539156325&sr=1-1&keywords=Tennis+and+Oxford
The Mystery of Campden Wonder
https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Campden-Wonder-Fiction-Suspense/dp/0094746001/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539156302&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Mystery+of+the+Campden+Wonder.
Jeremy Ronald Potter Edit Profile
executive historian publisher writer
Jeremy Ronald Potter was a British writer, historian, publisher and executive. Potter devoted most of his career to communications, working in both print and broadcast formats.
Career
Early in his career, Potter joined the staff of the New Statesman - British political and cultural magazine published in London - for eighteen years beginning in 1951. He began as a manager and ultimately became deputy chairman. In 1970 he became managing director of Independent Television Publications Ltd. and also took on the duties of chairman of Independent Television Books a year later. While at the firm, he saw the weekly circulation of the TV Times increase to nearly four million. He began working as director of Hutchison Ltd. in 1978 and rose to the rank of chairman by 1982. From 1978 to 1979 he presided over the Periodical Publishers Association. In addition, Potter worked as a director with London Weekend Television from 1979 to 1992 and for Page & Moy PLC from 1979 to 1989. In 1980 he became director of Constable and Co.
As a historian, Potter was interested in the life of English King Richard III and defended the King’s reputation. In 1983 he wrote Good King Richard? An Account of Richard III and His Reputation, 1483-1983. He also appeared in the television show The Trial of Richard Hi as a witness for the defense.
His other books include Pretenders to the English Throne, The History of Independent Television in Britain, and Tennis and Oxford. He wrote novels as well, including Hazard Chase, A Trail of Blood, Going West, Death in the Forest, and The Mystery of the Campden Wonder.
Achievements
Works
book
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Good King Richard? An Account of Richard III and His Reputation
(Searching for the man behind the portraits, Jeremy Potter...)
1983 -
Disgrace And Favour
(Disgrace and Favour is a novel of life on the Border in t...)
1975 -
Death In The Forest
(Death in the Forest is a crime novel with a historical ba...)
1977 - A Trail of Blood 1971
- Pretenders to the English Throne
- Going west 1972
- The dance of death 1969
- The Mystery of Campden Wonder 1995
- Tennis and Oxford 1994
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Good King Richard? An Account of Richard III and His Reputation
Membership
Potter served for nineteen years as a chairman of the Richard III Society beginning in 1971. Potter was elected President of the Society on October 4, 1997.
Personality
Potter was also a sports enthusiast who served as the captain of the Hampstead Hockey Club in the 1950s and won tennis competitions in the 1980s.
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Nationality
British
Career
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1951 - 1969
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1970
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1971
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1978 - 1982
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1978 - 1979
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1979 - 1992
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1979 - 1989
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1980
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1982
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