Michael Howard (historian)
Sir Michael Eliot Howard (29 November 1922 – 30 November 2019) was a British military historian.
Michael Howard | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michael Eliot Howard 29 November 1922 |
| Died | 30 November 2019 (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(s) | Mark Anthony James (Civil Partnership: 2006 – 2019)[1] |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |  United Kingdom Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Service number | 253901 |
| Unit | Coldstream Guards |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Military Cross |
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]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Arts, Vanessa Thorpe; correspondent, media (2019-11-30). "Sir Michael Howard, distinguished historian, dies aged 97" (in en-GB). The Guardian. . https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/30/sir-michael-howard-distinguished-historian-dies-aged-97. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- ↑ Max Hastings (2013-09-13). Max Hastings' brief history of war. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/03cb60c8-1950-11e3-80ec-00144feab7de.html. Retrieved 2013-09-14.