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Showing all quotesBirth: | 14th December, 1946 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Author, Historian |
Antony James Beevor is an English historian, educated at Winchester College and Sandhurst. He studied under the famous military historian John Keegan. Beevor is a former officer with the 11th Hussars who served in England and Germany for five years before resigning his commission. He has published several popular histories on the Second World War and the 20th century in general. Beevor is a visiting professor at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck, University of London. His best-known works, the best-selling Stalingrad and Berlin - The Downfall 1945, recount the World War II battles between the Soviet Union and Germany. His 2012 book, The Second World War is noted for its focus on the conditions and grief faced by civilians and women and for its "masterful" coverage of the war in East Asia. He was also awarded an Honorary D.Litt. from the University of Bath in 2010, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Kent, awarded in 2004. His book Crete: The Battle and the Resistance for which he won the Runciman Prize.
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