Editing Paul C. Doherty (section)

==Biography==
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Doherty was born in 1946 and spent his early years in [[Middlesbrough]].<ref>[http://www.paulcdoherty.com/about.html Paul Doherty official website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505034812/http://www.paulcdoherty.com/about.html |date=2013-05-05 }}; accessed 14 April 2014.</ref> After A-levels, he went to [[Ushaw College|Ushaw College, Durham]] for three years to study for the Catholic priesthood, which he did not pursue. He attended [[Liverpool University]] where he gained a First Class Honours Degree in History and at [[Exeter College, Oxford]], where he received a doctorate for his thesis on [[Edward II of England|Edward II]]. Doherty is a historian who lectures for a number of organisations, particularly on historical mysteries.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In 1981 he was appointed Headmaster at [[Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green|Trinity Catholic High School]] in [[Woodford Green]], a role he continues in to this  day. In 2003 he was appointed as Interim Headteacher of King Solomon High School, after Jo Shooter left. He was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire]] for his services to education in 2011.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/honours-order-of-the-british-empire-civil--obe-6283146.html "Paul Doherty awarded OBE"], independent.co.uk; accessed 14 April 2014.</ref>