Michael Howard (historian)

Sir Michael Howard OM CH CBE MC FBA FRHistS
Born	Michael Eliot Howard (1922-11-29)29 November 1922 Ashmore, Dorset, England
Died	30 November 2019(2019-11-30) (aged 97)
Education	Wellington College
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation	Historian
Title	Regius Professor of Modern History
Term	1980–1989
Predecessor	Hugh Trevor-Roper
Successor	John Elliott
Partner	Mark Anthony James (Civil Partnership: 2006 – 2019)[1]
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1942–1945
Rank	Lieutenant
Service number	253901
Unit	Coldstream Guards
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Military Cross

Sir Michael Eliot Howard OM CH CBE MC FBA FRHistS (29 November 1922 – 30 November 2019) was a British military historian.

He was a Professor of the History of War, Honorary Fellow of All Souls College, Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University and founder of the Department of War Studies King's College London.^[1]

In 1958, he co-founded the International Institute for Strategic Studies.^[2]

Howard was called by Financial Times as "Britain's greatest living historian".^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Howard, Sir Michael (Eliot), (born 29 Nov. 1922), Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford, after 1989". Who's Who. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.20910.
2. ↑ Arts, Vanessa Thorpe; correspondent, media (2019-11-30). "Sir Michael Howard, distinguished historian, dies aged 97". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-11-30. {{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
3. ↑ Max Hastings (2013-09-13). "Max Hastings' brief history of war". The Financial Times. Retrieved 2013-09-14.