Antony Beevor

Antony Beevor (born on December 14 1946) is a British historian, educated at Winchester College and Sandhurst. Beevor is a former officer with the 11th Hussars, who has published several popular histories on the Second World War.

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December 14 - 1946 - British - Historian - Winchester College - Sandhurst - Hussars - Second World War

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He is a Visiting Professor at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is descended from a long line of women writers, being a son of Carinthia "Kinta" Beevor (1911- August 1995), herself the daughter of Lina Wakefield, and a descendant of Lucie Duff-Gordon (author of a travelogue on Egypt). Kinta Beevor wrote A Tuscan Childhood. Antony Beevor is married to Hon. Artemis Cooper, granddaughter of Lady Diana Cooper.

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Professor - History - Classics - Archaeology - Birkbeck College - University of London - 1911 - 1995 - Lucie Duff-Gordon - Egypt - Lady Diana Cooper

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