Jerry White is an award-winning historian of London. His latest book, Birth of a Global City, a history of London during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars of 1789-1815, is published by Bodley Head on 1 October 2026.

Jerry worked in local government, mainly in London, from 1967 to 2009. During that time he was Chief Executive of the London Borough of Hackney (1989-1995) and was one of the three Local Government Ombudsmen for England (1995-2009), with responsibility for South London among other areas.

Jerry is Emeritus Professor of Modern London History at Birkbeck, University of London.