Alex Langlands
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Alex Langlands | |
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 Alex Langlands filming at Acton Scott working farm museum for the BBC's Victorian Farm (2009) | |
| Born | 1977 (age 48–49) |
| Alma mater | University College London University of Winchester |
| Occupations | Historian, BBC Presenter |
| Notable work | BBC Farm series |
Alex Langlands is a British archaeologist and historian, also known for his work as a presenter of educational documentary series on British television and a lecturer of medieval history at Swansea University.
Langlands has degrees in medieval archaeology and world archaeology from University College London.[1] He has also worked in commercial archaeology before going on to complete his MPhil/PhD in early medieval history and archaeology at the University of Winchester in 2013.[2]
Academic posts
In 2011 he edited an abridged version of Henry Stephens's Book of the Farm,[3] a work used as historical reference for the series Victorian Farm. From October 2013 to August 2015 he was lecturer at the University of Winchester. In 2015, he took up the post of lecturer in the Department of History and Classics at Swansea University.[4] Langlands is currently a patron of the Heritage Crafts Association.