Hugh Thomas (1) (1931–2017)
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Hugh Swynnerton Thomas was born in Windsor, England on October 21, 1931. After studying history at Cambridge University, he worked at the British Foreign Office and was secretary to the British delegation at major disarmament talks. He lectured at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, Britain's vis mere premier officer training establishment. From 1979 to 1990, he served as the chairman of the Center for Policy Studies, a right-wing policy institute. He was an unofficial adviser to Margaret Thatcher during the Falklands war against Argentina, enlisted because of his deep knowledge of South America. He wrote numerous fiction and nonfiction works. His novels included The World's Game, The Oxygen Age, and Klara. His nonfiction books included Cuba: The Pursuit of Freedom, A History of the World, Rivers of Gold, The Golden Empire, and World Without End. The Spanish Civil War won the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1962. He was made a life peer in 1981 as Baron Thomas of Swynnerton. He died after having a stroke on May 7, 2017 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: Hugh Thomas in 2014
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The World's Game 2 eksemplarer
LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA NUM. 0 1 eksemplar
LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA NUM. 1 1 eksemplar
UNA HISTORIA INACABADA DEL MUNDO 1 eksemplar
La Guerra Civil española, II 1 eksemplar
The story of Sandhurst 1 eksemplar
La guerra civil española 1-2 1 eksemplar
Our Twentieth Century World 1903-1969 1 eksemplar
El sistema establecido 1 eksemplar
Crisis in the Civil Service 1 eksemplar
LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA NUM. 2 1 eksemplar
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La lengua y la palabra : trescientos años de la Real Academia Española : [Biblioteca Nacional de… (1999) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Thomas, Hugh Swynnerton, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton
- Andre navne
- Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Hugh Swynnerton Thomas
- Fødselsdato
- 1931-10-21
- Dødsdag
- 2017-05-07
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Engeland
UK - Fødested
- Windsor, Berkshire, England
- Dødssted
- London, England, UK
- Dødsårsag
- stroke
- Uddannelse
- Cambridge University (Queens' College)
Sorbonne (Parijs) - Erhverv
- Professor
Foreign Office (UK) FSO (UK)
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Surrey, England, senior lecturer.
Schrijver - Relationer
- Gladwyn, Lord (Schoonvader)
Rosnay, Joël de (Zwager)
Rosnay, Tatiana de (Nicht) - Organisationer
- University of Reading
Centre for Policy Studies - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Life Peerage (Baron Thomas of Swynnerton ∙ 1981 ( [1981])
Somerset Maugham Prize in 1962, the Arts Council Prize for History in 1980
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