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Antony Beevor
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English military historian
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Antony James Beevor is a British military historian, novelist, and non-fiction writer. Born in Kensington in 1946, he served in the British Army and was educated at Winchester College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He holds a position at Birkbeck, University of London, and is a member of the Royal Society of Literature. Beevor’s work focuses on history, contemporary history, and military history, with a specific interest in the Spanish Civil War.
He has authored 37 works, including *The Fall of Berlin, 1945*, *A Writer at War*, *Paris After the Liberation*, *Crete*, and *Taʼalumat Olgah Ts'ekhovah*. Beevor has received the Baillie Gifford Prize, the Wolfson History Prize, and the Runciman Award. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor. His spouse is Artemis Cooper.
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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
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 56,883x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,474x
- 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 15,964x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,231x
- InterProScan 5: genome-scale protein function classification
· 2014 · cited 9,051x
via Crossref · CC0
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
- Lieutenant
- Unit
- 11th Hussars
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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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