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Thursday November 21st, 2024

A. J. P. Taylor Historian

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Mar 25, 1906
  • Died: Sep 7, 1990

Alan John Percivale "A. J. P." Taylor FBA was an English historian who specialised in 19th- and 20th-century European diplomacy. Both a journalist and a broadcaster, he became well known to millions through his television lectures. His combination of academic rigour and popular appeal led the historian Richard Overy to describe him as "the Macaulay of our age".

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting. peace

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power. power

Thanksgiving November 28, 2024

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 views from William Blake

32 views from William Blake

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. 6 wisdom & wit from Franz Grillparzer

6 wisdom & wit from Franz Grillparzer

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 views from Storm Jameson

2 views from Storm Jameson

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 quotes from Victor Hugo

73 quotes from Victor Hugo