Robert Conquest
Robert Conquest | |
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.jpg) Robert Conquest in 1987 | |
| Born | George Robert Acworth Conquest 15 Julie 1917 Great Malvern, Worcestershire, Ingland |
| Dee'd | 4 August 2015 (aged 98) Stanford, California, U.S. |
| Naitionality | Inglish-American |
| Citizenship | Unitit States, Unitit Kinrick |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Thrift | Historian, poet |
| Notable wirk(s) | The Great Terror: Stalin's Purges of the 1930s |
| Hauf-marrae(s) | Joan Watkins (m. 1942–1948) Tatiana Mihailova (m. 1948–1962) Caroleen MacFarlane (m. 1964–1978) Elizabeth Neece Wingate (m. 1979–2015) (his death) |
| Bairns | 3 |
George Robert Acworth Conquest, CMG (Julie 15, 1917 – August 3, 2015) or Robert Conquest wis an English-American historian an poet. He wis best kent for his influential wirks o Soviet history. Thay include The Great Terror: Stalin’s Purges of the 1930s. He receivit the Presidential Medal o Freedom in November 2005.[1]
Conquest wis born on Julie 15, 1917 in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England. He studit at Magdalen College, Oxford.
He wis mairrit til Joan Watkins frae 1942 til thay divorced in 1948. Syne he wis mairrit til Tatiana Mihailova frae 1948 til thay divorcit 1962. Then he wis mairrit til Caroleen MacFarlane frae 1964 til thay divorcit in 1978. Then he wis mairrit til Elizabeth Neece Wingate frae 1979 til his daith in 2015. He haed twa sons frae Watkins an ane step-dochter frae Wingate.
Conquest dee'd in Stanford, California frae pneumonia at the age o 98.[2]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Ukraine honors Robert Conquest with Presidential Medal of Honor". Archived frae the original on 3 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Robert Conquest, Seminal Historian of Soviet Misrule, Dies at 98". New York Times.com. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
Ither wabstieds
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Scourge and Poet, a profile o Robert Conquest
- articles by and about Robert Conquest at the New York Review of Books[deid airtin]
- Where Ignorance Isn't Bliss, article bi Robert Conquest at National Review Online Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- His biography Archived 2010-05-16 at the Wayback Machine at the Hoover Institution
- Great Terror at 40 Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine