Christopher Hibbert (1924–2008)
Autor/a de The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
Sobre l'autor
Christopher Hibbert: March 5, 1924 -- December 21, 2008 Historian Christopher Hibbert was born as Arthur Raymond Hibbert in Enderby, England in 1924. He dropped out of Oriel College to join the Army. He served with the London Irish Rifles and won the Military Cross. He earned a degree in history in mostra'n més 1948. Before becoming a full-time nonfiction writer, he worked as a real estate agent and a television critic for Truth magazine. He wrote more than 60 books throughout his lifetime including The Road to Tyburn (1957), Il Duce: The Life of Benito Mussolini(1962), George IV: Prince of Wales, 1762-1811 (1972), and George IV: Regent and King, 1812-1830 (1973). Hibbert was awarded the Heinemann Award for Literature in 1962 for The Destruction of Lord Raglan. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Geographical Society, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Literature by the University of Leicester. He died from bronchial pneumonia on December 21, 2008 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Christopher Hibbert circa 1974
Sèrie
Obres de Christopher Hibbert
Garibaldi and His Enemies: The Clash of Arms and Personalities in the Making of Italy (1965) 92 exemplars
A Soldier of the Seventy-First: The Journal of a Soldier of the Highland Light Infantry, 1806-1815 (1975) 35 exemplars
The World of Charles Dickens 1 exemplars
The Classical Tradition 1 exemplars
Queen Victoria r 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Wreck of the Wager: The Narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon. John Byron (2005) — Editor, algunes edicions — 21 exemplars
Captain Gronow: His Reminiscences of Regency and Victorian Life, 1810-60 (1880) — Editor, algunes edicions — 18 exemplars
The Wheatley Diary: A Journal and Sketch-Book Kept During the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign (1964) — Editor — 18 exemplars
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1993 (1993) — Author "Marston Moor" and "Marston Moor Today" — 14 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Hibbert, Christopher
- Nom oficial
- Hibbert, Arthur Raymond (birth name)
- Data de naixement
- 1924-05-03
- Data de defunció
- 2008-12-21
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- England, UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Enderby, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Causa de la mort
- bronchial pneumonia
- Llocs de residència
- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Educació
- Radley College
Oxford University (Oriel College|BA|1948|MA) - Professions
- military officer
historian
professor - Organitzacions
- British Army (London Irish Rifles)
Johnson Society
Army and Navy Club
Garrick Club - Premis i honors
- Military Cross (1945)
Royal Society of Literature (fellow)
Heinemann Award for Literature (1962)
Royal Geographical Society (fellow)
McColvin Medal (1989)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 79
- També de
- 7
- Membres
- 12,667
- Popularitat
- #1,848
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 156
- ISBN
- 397
- Llengües
- 16
- Preferit
- 17