Antony Beevor
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 14 Dec 1946
- Works
- 37
Top works
- The Fall of Berlin, 1945
- A Writer at War
- Paris After the Liberation
- Crete
- Taʼalumat Olgah Ts'ekhovah
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 296
- Total plays
- 28,496
Tags
EuropeWWIIstalingradstalineuropean history
Author of "Stalingrad" & "Berlin" spoken word audiobooks <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Antony+Beevor">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A consistent and accurate<i>ab initio</i>parametrization of density functional dispersion correction (DFT-D) for the 94 elements H-Pu
· 2010 · cited 54,761x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,668x
- InterProScan 5: genome-scale protein function classification
· 2014 · cited 8,729x
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Key facts
- Born
- Antony James Beevor , ( 1946-12-14 ) 14 December 1946 (age 79) , Kensington , London, England
- Occupation
- Author, historian
- Language
- English
- Education
- Abberley Hall School , Winchester College
- Alma mater
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Subject
- Modern history
- Notable awards
- Samuel Johnson Prize
- Spouse
- Artemis Cooper ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 )
- Relatives
- John Julius Norwich (father-in-law)
- Allegiance
- United Kingdom
- Branch
- British Army
- Service years
- 1966–1970
- Rank
Key dates
- Born
- 14 December 1946
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Kensington
- Spouse
- Artemis Cooper
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Birkbeck, University of London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- military history
Article
Sir Antony James Beevor (born 14 December 1946) is a British military historian. He has published several popular historical works, mainly on the Second World War, the Spanish Civil War, and most recently the Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War.
Educated at Abberley Hall School, Winchester College, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Beevor commanded a troop of tanks in the 11th Hussars in Germany before deciding in 1970 to leave the British Army and become a writer. He became a visiting professor at Birkbeck, University of London, and the University of Kent.
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11th Hussars officers1946 births20th-century British Army personnel20th-century English historians20th-century English male writers20th-century English novelists21st-century English historians21st-century English writersAcademics of Birkbeck, University of LondonBritish historians of World War IIEnglish male non-fiction writersEnglish military historians