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Stephen Porter

Dr. Stephen Porter was a British historian and author specializing in early modern London history, disasters like fire, plague, and war, and the English Civil Wars. He worked for many years on the Survey of London and served as the Charterhouse's honorary archivist, producing over 20 meticulously researched books including The Great Fire, The Great Plague, Pepys’s London, and Shakespeare’s London. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Historical Society, he died in 2021 at the age of 72.[1][2][5]

History London History Early Modern Disasters
Black Death: A New History of the Bubonic Plagues of London
Black Death: A New History of the Bubonic Plagues of London
2022
 The Tower of London
The Tower of London
2013
 SHAKESPEARES LONDON: Everyday Life in London 1580 to 1616
SHAKESPEARES LONDON: Everyday Life in London 1580 to 1616
2010
 The Great Plague of London
The Great Plague of London
2012
 The Great Plague
The Great Plague
2000
 The Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London
2002