Tim Jeal: key obituary facts
Is Tim Jeal dead? Yes. Tim Jeal died on August 5, 2026, at age 81.
Cause of death: Tim Jeal's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Tim Jeal known for?
He was a British writer.
More about Tim Jeal
Born: 27 January 1945.
Place of birth: London.
Gender: male.
Occupation: novelist, biographer, writer, prose writer.
Nationality: United Kingdom.
Education: Christ Church, Westminster School.
Notable work: Baden-Powell.
Awards: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography.
Father: Clifford Jeal.
Mother: Norah Pasley.
Spouse: Joyce Timewell.
Career began: 1960.
Also known as: John Julian Timothy Jeal.
Occupations: Novelist, biographer.
Genres: Diction; biography.
Tim Jeal, the British biographer and novelist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 81.
Born in London on January 27, 1945, as John Julian Timothy Jeal, he built a career writing biographies and fiction and was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. His books included a memoir and studies of David Livingstone, Lord Baden-Powell and Sir Henry Morton Stanley, and his biography of Baden-Powell won the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography.
He was also known as a writer on Victorian figures and was married to Joyce Timewell.