Antony Beevor
Also known as Antony James Beevor, Sir Antony Beevor, Sir Antony James Beevor
English military historian
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
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1946-12-14
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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