Simon Targett (born 1964) is an English historian, lecturer and freelance journalist.
[1][2] In March 2018 Barnes & Noble included his book New World, Inc.: The Making of America by England’s Merchant Adventurers, co-written with American business writer John Butman, in its list of best history books of the month.
[3][4] Targett has a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge.
[5][6] He has given talks to the society on George Vancouver,[7] on Robert Walpole[8] and on Richmond and Mortlake’s part in the founding of America and the launching of the British Empire.
[9] Targett lives in St Margarets, London.