Tim Jeal is a British novelist, and biographer of notable Victorians. His publications include biographies of Livingstone , Baden-Powell , and Stanley . In 2004 his memoir Swimming with my Father was acclaimed and was shortlisted for the J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. Jeal was formally educated in London and Oxford, and lives in North London. He has a wife and three adult daughters. Jeal's mother was Norah Pasley, daughter of Sir Thomas Pasley Bt, and Constance Wilmot Annie Hastings, who was the daughter of the 13th Earl of Huntingdon. Jeal was educated at Westminster School, London,... and Christ Church, Oxford. From 1966 to 1970, he worked for BBC Television in the features group. For his third novel, Cushing's Crusade, he was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1975. Jeal is the parent, with his wife Joyce Jeal, of three daughters. Jeal has been writing books since the 1960s, for London-based publishers. Although most of his works are fictional, he is best known for his biographies, all of which fundamentally and enduringly changed the way in which his subjects had hitherto been perceived.
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