Carl Chinn

Carl Chinn
Chinn on 12 June 2011
Born (1956-09-06) 6 September 1956 (age 67)
Occupations
  • Historian
  • writer
  • radio presenter[1][2]
  • magazine editor
  • newspaper columnist[3][4]
  • media personality
Spouse
Kathleen Doyle
(m. 1978)
Children4
WebsiteCarl Chinn’s Brum[5]

Carl Steven Alfred Chinn MBE DL (born 6 September 1956) is an English historian, writer and broadcaster whose working life has been devoted to the study and popularisation of the city of Birmingham. He broadcast a programme on the BBC from the mid-1990s focusing on Birmingham's history.

In 1990, he was contracted to lecture[6] at the University of Birmingham, where he subsequently became a full professor in 2002. During this year he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his "services to local history and to charities".[7][8]

  1. ^ "Carl Chinn dropped from BBC radio show". expressandstar.com. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Carl Chinn: My sadness at axed BBC show after 19 years". expressandstar.com. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. ^ birmingham mail articles by Carl Chinn
  4. ^ express and star articles by Carl Chinn
  5. ^ "Welcome". Carl Chinn’s Brum. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Professor Carl Chinn axed from university history post". Express & Star. Wolverhampton, England. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  7. ^ Griffin, Jon (15 January 2015). "Carl Chinn's sadness as his University of Birmingham role is axed". birminghammail. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  8. ^ Tom Bushnell (5 January 2011), "BBC WM Radio Carl Chinn MBE & Tom Bushnell talk about the psychology of New Year Re-solutions", YouTube, archived from the original on 13 December 2021, retrieved 29 December 2017

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