as an American citizen in a ceremony aboard the USS Constitution. Winchester lives in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Works Honours Winchester was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for "services to journalism and literature" in Queen Elizabeth II's New Year Honours list of 2006. Winchester was named an honorary fellow at St Catherine's College, Oxford in October 2009. Winchester received an honorary degree from Dalhousie University in October 2010. Winchester received the Lawrence J. Burpee Medal of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in November 2016. He was also elected a Fellow of the RCGS. References External links Simon Winchester: Annotated Bibliography – comprehensive bibliography of articles, essays, and all of Winchester's books, at SJSU’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (archived in 2011) Interview of Winchester by In Depth, C-SPAN, 1 August 2004 1944 births Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford British non-fiction writers British travel writers Living people 1906 San Francisco earthquake Officers of the Order of the British Empire The Guardian journalists British male writers Writers from London British expatriates in the United States Male non-fiction writers