Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy (17 May 1933 – 16 July 2019) was a British author, known for biographies, including one of Alfred Kinsey, and books of social history on the British nanny and public school system. For his autobiography, *Half an Arch*, he received the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography in 2005. He also wrote novels and children's literature. **Source**: [Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Gathorne-Hardy) on Wikipedia.