Michael Baigent was born in 1948 in Nelson, New Zealand. He was a writer, known for Chronicle (1966), Investigating History (2003) and SexTV (1998). He was married to Jane. He died on June 19, 2013 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
He and co-author Richard Leigh have a character named after them in The
Da Vinci Code: Sir Leigh Teabing. The first name, Leigh, obviously
comes from Richard Leigh. Teabing is an anagram of Baigent.