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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.
A.J.P. Taylor (born March 25, 1906, Birkdale, Lancashire, Eng.—died Sept. 7, 1990, London) was a British historian and journalist noted for his lectures on history and for his prose style. Taylor attended Oriel College, Oxford, graduating with first-class honours in 1927.
Sep 8, 1990 · His goal was to make Germany a great world power but, with no clear plan how to do it, he changed with circumstances, stumbling into a war that was in large part brought on by that...
Apr 1, 1996 · A.J.P. Taylor's years of research helped change the long-accepted view that Adolf Hitler had wanted and planned in detail for a war. With clear and relatable prose, Taylor depicts the diplomatic mistakes from both the Allied and Axis powers that lead to the outbreak of World War II.
A.J.P. Taylor was by far the best-known professional historian in postwar Britain: his provocative, best-selling books on the origins and causes of the First and Second World Wars; his broadcasts on radio and television; his regular newspaper columns; his witty and argumentative style combined with first-rate scholarship – all led to him ...
A. J. P. Taylor, one of the most influential twentieth-century British historians, was also among the best-known public intellectuals of his day. Because of his appearances on BBC Radio and on television, he became known in newspaper headlines as the "TV Don."
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.
May 3, 2016 · A.J. P. Taylor: a nonconforming radical historian. Taylorian twist in this. There was a strong popularist strand in much that he wrote, with Taylor on the side of the good soldier Svejk, Old Bill (Bruce Bairnsfather's cartoon creation) or, more generally, 'the British people'.
Alan John Percivale 'A. J. P.' Taylor FBA was an English 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.
A. J. P. Taylor, one of the most influential twentieth-century British historians, was also among the best-known public intellectuals of his day. Because of his appearances on BBC Radio and on television, he became known in newspaper headlines as the "TV Don."
