Charles Freeman (historian)

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Charles P. Freeman (born 1947) is an English author specialising in popular histories of ancient Greece and Rome. He has written numerous books on the ancient world including The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason. He has taught courses on ancient history in Cambridge's Adult Education program^{[clarification needed]} and is a Historical Consultant to the Blue Guides. He also leads cultural study tours to Italy, Greece, and Turkey. In 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.