Alistair Horne
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Sir Alistair Allan Horne CBE FRSL (9 November 1925 – 25 May 2017)[1] was a British historian and academic best known for his works about armed conflicts involving 19th- and 20th-century France, including his classic about the Algerian War, A Savage War of Peace. A former spy and journalist, Horne wrote more than 20 books on travel, history, and biography.
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Born | (1925-11-09)9 November 1925 London, England |
Died | 25 May 2017(2017-05-25) (aged 91) Oxfordshire, England |
Education | Millbrook School |
Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
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Horne became a senior member at St Antony's College, Oxford in 1970 and a fellow of the college in 1978. He was made an honorary fellow in 1988, a position he held until his death. He was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2003 for services to Anglo-French relations.[2]