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Timothy Garton Ash
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British historian and author
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Timothy Garton Ash is a British journalist, historian, writer, and essayist born in London on 12 July 1955. He was educated at Sherborne School and Exeter College. His professional career includes work with The Guardian, The Spectator, The Independent, and The New York Review of Books. He has worked in Oxford and Stanford. He writes in English and German.
His notable works include The File, Wiosna obywateli, Untitled Book on Europe, and PS Quarterly. He has received the Somerset Maugham Award, Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon, Orwell Prize, and Charlemagne Prize. He is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Royal Historical Society, and the Royal Society of Literature. He also writes under the pseudonym Edward Marston.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 12 July 1955
- Works
- 42
Top works
- The File
- Wiosna obywateli
- Untitled Book on Europe
- PS Quarterly
- Free World
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1955-07-12 ) 12 July 1955 (age 70) , London, England
- Occupations
- Historian, author
- Title
- Professor of European Studies
- Children
- 2, including Alec
- Awards
- Charlemagne Prize (2017)
- Education
- St Edmund's School , Sherborne School
- Alma mater
- Exeter College, Oxford , St Antony's College, Oxford , Free University of Berlin , University of Berlin
- Discipline
- History
- Sub discipline
- Contemporary history Revolutions of 1989 International relations since 1989 History of the European Union
- Institutions
- St Antony's College, Oxford , Hoover Institution
- Doctoral students
- Timothy Snyder
- Website
- timothygartonash .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Timothy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- scientist
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- political history
- Official website
- www.timothygartonash.com
- Image
- 2019-05-30 Timothy Garton Ash-6011.jpg
- Work location
- Stanford
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- date of birth
- 1955-07-00
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- pseudonym
- Edward Marston
- name in native language
- Timothy Garton Ash
- Commons category
- Timothy Garton Ash
- social media followers
- 57499
- P8168
- A Kiss Before Dying
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Encyclopedic overview
Timothy Garton Ash CMG FRSA FRHistS FRSL (born 12 July 1955) is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies emeritus at the University of Oxford and a Senior Fellow of Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Most of his work has been concerned with the contemporary history of Europe, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe. In 1989, George Kennan described him as a 'historian of the present'.
He has written about the former Communist regimes of that region, their experience with the secret police, the Revolutions of 1989, and the transformation of the former Eastern Bloc states into member states of the European Union. He has also examined the role of Europe in the world and the challenge of combining political freedom and diversity, especially in relation to free speech.
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