Christopher Hibbert (1924–2008)
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Sull'Autore
Christopher Hibbert: March 5, 1924 -- December 21, 2008 Historian Christopher Hibbert was born as Arthur Raymond Hibbert in Enderby, England in 1924. He dropped out of Oriel College to join the Army. He served with the London Irish Rifles and won the Military Cross. He earned a degree in history in mostra altro 1948. Before becoming a full-time nonfiction writer, he worked as a real estate agent and a television critic for Truth magazine. He wrote more than 60 books throughout his lifetime including The Road to Tyburn (1957), Il Duce: The Life of Benito Mussolini(1962), George IV: Prince of Wales, 1762-1811 (1972), and George IV: Regent and King, 1812-1830 (1973). Hibbert was awarded the Heinemann Award for Literature in 1962 for The Destruction of Lord Raglan. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Geographical Society, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Literature by the University of Leicester. He died from bronchial pneumonia on December 21, 2008 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Christopher Hibbert circa 1974
Serie
Opere di Christopher Hibbert
Garibaldi and His Enemies: The Clash of Arms and Personalities in the Making of Italy (1965) 92 copie
A Soldier of the Seventy-First: The Journal of a Soldier of the Highland Light Infantry, 1806-1815 (1975) 35 copie
The Way of King Arthur: The True Story of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (2004) 31 copie
The Classical Tradition 1 copia
Queen Victoria r 1 copia
The World of Charles Dickens 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Wreck of the Wager: The Narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon. John Byron (2005) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 21 copie
Captain Gronow: His Reminiscences of Regency and Victorian Life, 1810-60 (1880) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 18 copie
The Wheatley Diary: A Journal and Sketch-Book Kept During the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign (1964) — A cura di — 18 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1993 (1993) — Author "Marston Moor" and "Marston Moor Today" — 14 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Hibbert, Christopher
- Nome legale
- Hibbert, Arthur Raymond (birth name)
- Data di nascita
- 1924-05-03
- Data di morte
- 2008-12-21
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Enderby, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Causa della morte
- bronchial pneumonia
- Luogo di residenza
- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Istruzione
- Radley College
Oxford University (Oriel College|BA|1948|MA) - Attività lavorative
- military officer
historian
professor - Organizzazioni
- British Army (London Irish Rifles)
Johnson Society
Army and Navy Club
Garrick Club - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Military Cross (1945)
Royal Society of Literature (fellow)
Heinemann Award for Literature (1962)
Royal Geographical Society (fellow)
McColvin Medal (1989)
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- Opere
- 84
- Opere correlate
- 7
- Utenti
- 12,616
- Popolarità
- #1,854
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 156
- ISBN
- 398
- Lingue
- 16
- Preferito da
- 17