William ('Bill') McGuire Bryson is an American–British journalist and author. His books include Notes from a Small Island (1995), A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003) and The Road to Little ...view moreWilliam ('Bill') McGuire Bryson is an American–British journalist and author. His books include Notes from a Small Island (1995), A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003) and The Road to Little Dribbling (2015).
He was chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.view less