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.
[1] 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).
He attended Haberdashers' Boys' School with a scholarship, but left there aged 17 to start a career as a journalist.
[3] After leaving school, Weightman worked on the Brighton and Evening Angus and the Richmond and Twickenham Times.
[3] In 2009, Weightman married Clare Beaton, a children's author and illustrator, after a long-term relationship.