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A. J. P. Taylor

For the medieval historian, see A. J. Taylor.

A. J. P. Taylor
Taylor in 1977
Born
Alan John Percivale Taylor

(1906-03-25)25 March 1906
Southport, England
Died7 September 1990(1990-09-07) (aged 84)
London, England
NationalityEnglish
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
OccupationHistorian
Years active1927–1990
Spouses
  • Margaret Adams
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    (m. 1931; div. 1951)​
  • Eve Crosland
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    (m. 1951; div. 1974)​
  • Éva Haraszti
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    (m. 1976)​
AwardsFellow of the British Academy

Alan John Percivale Taylor (25 March 1906 – 7 September 1990) was a British historian who specialised in 19th- and 20th-century European diplomacy. Both a journalist and a broadcaster, he became well known to millions through his television lectures. His combination of academic rigour and popular appeal led the historian Richard Overy to describe him as "the Macaulay of our age".[1] In a 2011 poll by History Today magazine, he was named the fourth most important historian of the previous 60 years.[2]

  1. ^ Overy, Richard (30 January 1994). "Riddle Radical Ridicule". The Observer.
  2. ^ "Top Historians: The Results". History Today. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2020.

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