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Alex von Tunzelmann (born 1977) is a British historian, screenwriter and author. Tunzelmann has worked primarily as a researcher.Tunzelmann has stated that her surname is of German ancestry originating in Saxony in Germany and that she has family connections from Estonia since 1600 and New Zealand since 1850. Tunzelmann was educated at Brighton and Hove High School,an independent school for girls in Brighton, and at University College at the University of Oxford. She read history and edited both Cherwell and Isis.