Historian and broadcaster. Born Alan John Percivale Taylor in Birkdale, Lancashire. A lecturer in modern history at Manchester University and in international history at Oxford. His major works include 'The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848 - 1918' and 'The Origins of the Second World War'. Probably best known for his historical lectures on television. Died at a nursing home in Barnet.
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A. J. P. Taylor
A.J.P. Taylor 1906 - 1990, historian and broadcaster lived here. English Heri...
Writer. His works include biographies of his father Thomas Henry Huxley and Charles Darwin. Father of Aldous and Julian Huxley, the unidentified child in the photograph is presumably one of his sons.
Archaeologist and second husband of Agatha Christie. Born Wandsworth. Married Christie in 1930. WW2 served in North Africa. After Christie's death Mallowan married a second time. Died Devon.
One of a trio of Greenwich museums, the others being the Royal Observatory and the Queen's House.
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One of the oldest building preservation trusts in the United Kingdom. It was founded by members of the newly-formed Blackheath Society as an independent and separate property company. Its original ...
From their website: "With over 120,000 Jews having served in the British Armed Forces during the World Wars, AJEX JMA is here to ensure that their immense contribution is never forgotten. Our aims ...
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