David Aikman (born 1944) is an author, journalist, and foreign policy consultant.

Life

Aikman graduated from Oxford University's Worcester College in 1965 and gained a PhD from the University of Washington in Russian and Chinese history in 1979.

He worked as a journalist for Time magazine from 1971 to 1994,[1] during which he reported on nearly all the major historical events of the time. He has interviewed several major world figures, including Mother Teresa, Manuel Noriega, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Pham Van Dong, Boris Yeltsin and Billy Graham.[2]

Aikman served as a professor of history at Patrick Henry College from 2005 to 2015.[3] He is also a senior fellow at The Trinity Forum.

In 2002 Aikman presented a pro-creationist film called Raging Waters: Evidence of the Genesis Flood in Australia, which was produced by Ken Ham's Answers in Genesis.[4]

In 2018 Aikman was hired as editor-in-chief of Godspeed magazine.[5]

Bibliography

Filmography

See also

References

  1. ^ "Information from Aikman's website about his career with Time". Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  2. ^ "Information on Aikman's interviews". Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  3. ^ Kilgo, Hailey (8 February 2017). "Former Professor Dr. David Aikman Returns to Ireland". Patrick Henry College News. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  4. ^ Raging Waters. OCLC 699564781.
  5. ^ "David Aikman, Editor in Chief". Godspeed Magazine. Retrieved 26 February 2022.