Gavin Weightman

Gavin Weightman (4 March 1945 – 18 December 2022) was a British journalist and documentary filmmaker who specialised in the social history of London and Britain from the 18th century.

His books included ''The Making of Modern London'', co-authored in 1983 with Steve Humphries (re-issued in 2007 by Ebury Press); ''The Frozen Water Trade'' (2003), ''Signor Marconi's Magic Box'' (2003), and ''The Industrial Revolutionaries'' (2007). Weightman's journalism included many articles for ''New Society'' magazine in the 1970s. Provided by Wikipedia