Mark Couvillon is a historian and author with over 35 years of experience in the museum field. He holds a B.S. in history with a concentration in historic preservation and an archaeology degree from Longwood University. He is certified by the National Association of Interpretation.
Since 1990, Mark has been employed by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as a historical interpreter. In addition to leading tours throughout the historic area, Mark has helped put together numerous focus tours and programs, including the 75th anniversary of the Capitol Building, and has aided in training fellow employees. Before his time at Colonial Williamsburg, Mark worked as a museum interpreter for the Jamestown/Yorktown Foundation and as a museum assistant at Red Hill. He also served as a Trustee for the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation.
Mark has written and edited numerous articles and books on Patrick Henry, including Patrick Henry’s Virginia (2001), Patrick Henry: Corrections of Biographical Mistakes… (2011), Give Me Poetry (2011), and The Demosthenes of His Age (2013). His most recent book, In Sickness and in Health: The Marriage of Patrick Henry and Sarah Shelton (2021), deals with Patrick Henry’s wife’s struggle with mental illness.
