Ben Schott was born on 26 May 1974 and is a British writer, photographer, and author of the Schott's Miscellanies and Schott's Almanac series.
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Ben Schott was born in North London, England, the son of a neurologist and a nurse.
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Ben Schott went to school at University College School, Hampstead.
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Ben Schott worked as a photographer from 1996 to 2003, specialising in portraits of politicians and celebrities.
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Ben Schott was commissioned by a range of editorial and commercial clients, including The Independent, The Sunday Times, Sunday Business, Reader's Digest, and the Institute of Directors.
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The idea for the first book originated in some cards that Ben Schott made to send to friends, which contained booklets of what he considered vital but hard to find information.
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The first edition of Ben Schott's Almanac was published in Britain in 2005, followed by yearly editions published in Britain, America, and Germany until 2010.
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Schott introduced the 2006 Almanac with a quote from Ben Hecht: "Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock".
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Ben Schott wrote a sequel titled Jeeves and the Leap of Faith that was published in 2020.
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For two years after the publication of the first Miscellany, Ben Schott wrote a weekly miscellany column for The Daily Telegraph, and produced special miscellany features on Christmas and the Olympics.
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In 2008 Ben Schott was appointed as a contributing columnist for The New York Times OpEd page.
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Ben Schott publishes a bespoke Miscellany Diary with the society printers Smythson of Bond Street, and a desk-pad diary with Workman.
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Ben Schott has regularly acknowledged the influence of the work of Edward Tufte in influencing the look and feel of his books.