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 toon meer 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) toon minder
Fotografie: Hugh Thomas in 2014
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The World's Game 2 exemplaren
LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA NUM. 0 1 exemplaar
LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA NUM. 1 1 exemplaar
UNA HISTORIA INACABADA DEL MUNDO 1 exemplaar
La Guerra Civil española, II 1 exemplaar
The story of Sandhurst 1 exemplaar
La guerra civil española 1-2 1 exemplaar
Our Twentieth Century World 1903-1969 1 exemplaar
El sistema establecido 1 exemplaar
Crisis in the Civil Service 1 exemplaar
LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA NUM. 2 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Thomas, Hugh Swynnerton, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Hugh Swynnerton Thomas
- Geboortedatum
- 1931-10-21
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2017-05-07
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Engeland
UK - Geboorteplaats
- Windsor, Berkshire, England
- Plaats van overlijden
- London, England, UK
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- stroke
- Opleiding
- Cambridge University (Queens' College)
Sorbonne (Parijs) - Beroepen
- Professor
Foreign Office (UK) FSO (UK)
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Surrey, England, senior lecturer.
Schrijver - Relaties
- Gladwyn, Lord (Schoonvader)
Rosnay, Joël de (Zwager)
Rosnay, Tatiana de (Nicht) - Organisaties
- University of Reading
Centre for Policy Studies - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- 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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