Deucey  | 18 Aug 2020 9:59 a.m. PST |
I have always loved reading his books. But I can't find him online. Who is he? Does he still write? Is he even alive? |
| Huscarle | 18 Aug 2020 10:20 a.m. PST |
He's on Linkedin and Osprey have a little information link |
| GurKhan | 18 Aug 2020 10:24 a.m. PST |
He wrote a brief foreword to the lulu.com re-issue of "Armies and Enemies of the Crusades" in 2019, and I suspect I would have heard if he's passed on. But I haven't seen any new books since 2011 or so. I've never had online or even email contact with him. |
| Deucey | 18 Aug 2020 11:01 a.m. PST |
Osprey's bit of info: "He's a highly respected author." :) |
| ChrisBrantley | 18 Aug 2020 12:22 p.m. PST |
I believe this is his Linked-In page, although it only highlights his professional work as an author/editor and doesn't appear to be particularly active in terms of content. link |
| Dennis | 18 Aug 2020 3:40 p.m. PST |
I had an email exchange with him back in 2013, but nothing since then. |
| advocate | 19 Aug 2020 1:21 a.m. PST |
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| dapeters | 19 Aug 2020 1:56 p.m. PST |
I think some of his works have copyright dates from the 70s |
Puster  | 21 Aug 2020 8:04 a.m. PST |
I think some of his works have copyright dates from the 70s Then he started early, when is birthday at Linkedin is correct. |
| Steamingdave2 | 25 Aug 2020 1:06 a.m. PST |
@Puster
1976 was the start of his professional experience, not his birthday. I have his early medieval book, author's note 1977, copyright 1978. He would have had to be very precocious to produce that.if born in 1976! |
| Basha Felika | 27 Aug 2020 11:58 a.m. PST |
Still going strong, I think – must be late 60's I guess. |
| dapeters | 02 Sep 2020 7:45 a.m. PST |
I look at the books that I have and there not any biographical information including the osprey titles. It seems he was a part of the Wargames Research Group and new Phil Barker. So my guess is that he is in his 7Os maybe older. |
| Mad Guru | 09 Sep 2020 2:30 p.m. PST |
In addition to the very impactful WRG "Armies & Enemies" books, Ian Heath later (c.2000) wrote most of and illustrated all of the Wargames Foundry "Armies of the 19th Century" books on India, China, Central Asia, etc. Back in 2013 he was kind enough to let me post his 1995 article on the 19th Century Afghan Regular Army on my blog, to make it accessible to a new audience of interested readers. I'd been a big fan of his writing and his artwork since buying his WRG "Armies of the Middle Ages" books in the early '80s, so emailing him back-&-forth and displaying that article on my blog was a high-point of my hobby life. He was a pleasure to deal with. I was last in touch with him in Spring 2017, but thanks to this thread I will send him an email to say hi and ask how he's doing. If anyone's interested, here's a LINK to his 1995 article on the Afghan Regular Army of the 19th Century, complete with its excellent illustrations: link |
| Deucey | 17 Sep 2020 3:23 a.m. PST |
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| pfmodel | 02 Mar 2023 2:03 a.m. PST |
I understand Ian Heath has recently passed away, this is very sad and a great loss for those in this hobby. RIP |
| dapeters | 02 Mar 2023 1:16 p.m. PST |
I assumed that he was much older. |
| Druzhina | 05 Mar 2023 10:43 p.m. PST |
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