Michael Howard (historian)

Michael Howard
Born
Michael Eliot Howard

(1922-11-29)29 November 1922
London, England
Died30 November 2019(2019-11-30) (aged 97)
Swindon, England
EducationChrist Church, Oxford (MA)
OccupationHistorian
TitleRegius Professor of Modern History
Term1980–1989
PredecessorHugh Trevor-Roper
SuccessorJohn Elliott
PartnerMark Anthony James (Civil Partnership: 2006–2019)[1]
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1942–1945
RankLieutenant
Service number253901
UnitColdstream Guards
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsMilitary Cross

Sir Michael Eliot Howard OM CH CBE MC FBA FRHistS (29 November 1922 – 30 November 2019) was an English military historian, formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War, Honorary Fellow of All Souls College, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University, and founder of the Department of War Studies, King's College London.[1] In 1958, he co-founded the International Institute for Strategic Studies.[2]

In 2013, Howard was described in the Financial Times as "Britain's greatest living historian".[3] The Guardian described him as "Britain's foremost expert on conflict".[2]

  1. ^ a b "Howard, Sir Michael (Eliot), (born 29 Nov. 1922), Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford, after 1989". Who's Who. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.20910.
  2. ^ a b Thorpe, Vanessa (30 November 2019). "Sir Michael Howard, distinguished historian, dies aged 97". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  3. ^ Max Hastings (13 September 2013). "Max Hastings' brief history of war". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2013.

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