Sir Antony James Beevor, was born on 14 December 1946 and is a British military historian.
10 Facts About Antony Beevor
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Antony Beevor has published several popular historical works, mainly on the Second World War and the Spanish Civil War.
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Antony Beevor then went to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he studied under the military historian John Keegan before receiving a commission in the 11th Hussars on 28 July 1967.
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Antony Beevor has been a visiting professor at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck, University of London, and at the University of Kent.
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Antony Beevor responded by calling the banning "a government trying to impose its own version of history", comparing it to other "attempts to dictate a truth", such as denial of the Holocaust and the Armenian genocide.
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Antony Beevor is married to biographer Artemis Cooper; they have two children, Nella and Adam.
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Antony Beevor was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2017 New Year Honours for "services in support of Armed Forces Professional Development".
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Antony Beevor is a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, a member of Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana and a commander of the Belgian Order of the Crown.
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Antony Beevor was elected an honorary Fellow of King's College London in July 2016.
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Antony Beevor sits on the Council of the Society of Authors.