Fid Backhouse and others
Contributor
Fid Backhouse—along with Kieran Fogarty, Roland Matthews, Joe Toussaint, Janet Zoro, Jackum Brown, and Sal Oliver—is a contributor to 501 Most Devastating Disasters. Their work appears in Encyclopaedia Britannica as part of a joint publishing agreement with the publisher of 501 Most Devastating Disasters, where the work originally appeared.
Primary Contributions (32)
Plague of Justinian, plague pandemic that spread throughout the Mediterranean region and beyond beginning about 541 CE. It is named for Justinian I, who was the Byzantine emperor at that time. Although there is evidence that bubonic plague has been around for as long as humankind, the plague ofā¦
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Publications (1)
501 Most Devastating Disasters (2010)
501 Most Devastating Disasters features the most overwhelming, scary, unpredictable disasters across the globe. Sit back and re-trace history from a different point of view. You will embark upon a journey through Natural, Economic and Transport Disasters to all the way to Commercial Disastrous Consequences.