What is Tim Severin?
[[File:Tim Severin.jpg|thumb|Tim Severin]] '''Tim Severin''' (25 September 1940 &ndash; 18 December 2020)<ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | title = Birthdays | newspaper = [[The Guardian]] | location = | pages = 43 | language = | publisher = Guardian News & Media | date = 25 Sep 2014 | url = }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tim Severin Notice |url=https://twitter.com/RTE_NSO/status/1339999774565691394 |publisher=RTE NSO}}</ref> was a British explorer, historian and writer. Severin was awarded both the Gold Medal of the [[Royal Geographical Society]] and the Livingstone Medal of the [[Royal Scottish Geographical Society]]. He received the [[Thomas Cook Travel Book Award]] for his 1982 book ''The Sindbad Voyage''. Severin died on 18 December 2020 in [[Cork]], [[Ireland]] at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite news |last1=English |first1=Eoin |title=Explorer and filmmaker Tim Severin dies aged 80 |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40193781.html |work=Irish Examiner |date=18 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Severin, Tim}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:British explorers]] [[Category:English historians]] [[Category:English novelists]] {{bio-stub}}