John Haywood FRHistS (born 8 March 1956) is a British historian and author.
A graduate of the universities of Lancaster, Cambridge and University of Copenhagen, Haywood has served as a lecturer at the University of Lancaster.
He is the author of a number of books on the early history of Europe, and is considered an authority on Vikings and the Celts.
Haywood is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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