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British-American historian and poet (1917–2015)
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| Born | George Robert Acworth Conquest (1917-07-15)15 July 1917 Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | 3 August 2015(2015-08-03) (aged 98) Stanford, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Historian, poet |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Winchester College |
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| Notable works | |
| Notable awards | See below |
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| Children | 3 |
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George Robert Acworth Conquest CMG OBE FBA FRSL (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was a British-American historian, poet, and novelist.[1] He was briefly a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain[2] but later wrote several books against Communism.
A long-time research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, Conquest was most notable for his work on the Soviet Union. His books included The Great Terror: Stalin's Purges of the 1930s (1968); The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivisation and the Terror-Famine (1986); and Stalin: Breaker of Nations (1991). He was also the author of two novels and several collections of poetry.
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