13 Facts About Henry Lincoln

Henry Soskin, better known as Henry Lincoln, was a British author, television presenter, scriptwriter, and actor.

Henry Lincoln was the last living person to have written for Doctor Who in the 1960s.

Henry Lincoln appeared in other television series such as The Avengers, The Saint, Man in a Suitcase, and The Champions ; as well as in the 1968 film Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River.

Henry Lincoln was co-writer, with Mervyn Haisman, of three Doctor Who stories starring Patrick Troughton: The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear and The Dominators and retained the rights to the recurring character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.

Henry Lincoln wrote and presented documentaries on other subjects such as The Man in the Iron Mask, Nostradamus, The Curse of the Pharaohs, and The Cathars.

In 1969, while on holiday in the Cevennes, Henry Lincoln happened to read Le Tresor Maudit de Rennes-le-Chateau, a book by Gerard de Sede about an alleged hidden treasure.

Henry Lincoln was best known for being one of the co-authors of the controversial 1982 best-seller The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail.

Henry Lincoln was not involved in the proceedings, reportedly due to illness.

The Man behind the Da Vinci Code, Henry Lincoln stated that he did not wish to take part in the proceedings because the ideas brought forth in Holy Blood were not even original themselves, and Brown's actions could only be described as, "a bit naughty".

In 1993, Henry Lincoln wrote and presented the four-episode TV-series The Secret which was produced and directed by Erling Haagensen.

In 2000, Henry Lincoln collaborated with Haagensen to write The Templar's Secret Island, linking their mutual hypotheses about geometry being observed in the placement of medieval churches around both Rennes-le-Chateau and the Danish island of Bornholm.

On 8 November 2003, Henry Lincoln was awarded a Honorary Knighthood in the Militi Templi Scotia order, in recognition of his work in the fields of sacred geometry and Templar history.

Henry Lincoln died in Rennes-les-Bains on 23 February 2022, at the age of 92.