A. J. P. Taylor
English historian of European diplomacy (1906–1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the medieval historian, see A. J. Taylor.
Alan John Percivale Taylor (25 March 1906 – 7 September 1990) was a British historian who specialised in 19th- and 20th-century European diplomacy. Both a journalist and a broadcaster, he became well known to millions through his television lectures. His combination of academic rigour and popular appeal led the historian Richard Overy to describe him as "the Macaulay of our age".[1] In a 2011 poll by History Today magazine, he was named the fourth most important historian of the previous 60 years.[2]
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Born | Alan John Percivale Taylor (1906-03-25)25 March 1906 Southport, England |
Died | 7 September 1990(1990-09-07) (aged 84) London, England |
Nationality | English |
Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
Occupation | Historian |
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Awards | Fellow of the British Academy |
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