Antony Beevor
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Antony Beevor in Gothenburg in 2015
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| Born | Antony James Beevor 14 December 1946 |
| Occupation | Author, historian |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
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Abberley Hall School, Worcestershire Winchester College, Hampshire |
| Alma mater | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| Subject | Modern history |
| Notable awards | Samuel Johnson Prize |
| Spouse | Artemis Cooper |
| Children | one son, one daughter |
| Relatives | John Julius Norwich, father-in-law |
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Sir Antony James Beevor, FRSL (born 14 December 1946) is an English military historian. He has published several popular histories on the Second World War and the 20th century in general.
Beevor was educated at two independent schools: at Abberley Hall School in Worcestershire, followed by Winchester College in Hampshire. He then went to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Berkshire, where he studied under the military historian John Keegan, and is a former officer with the 11th Hussars; he served in England and Germany for five years before resigning his commission.
Beevor is a visiting professor at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck, University of London.
He is descended from a long line of writers, being a son of "Kinta" Beevor (born Janet Carinthia Waterfield, 22 December 1911 – 29 August 1995), herself the daughter of Lina Waterfield, and a descendant of Lucie Duff-Gordon (author of a travelogue on Egypt). Kinta Beevor wrote A Tuscan Childhood. Antony Beevor is married to biographer Artemis Cooper; they have two children, Nella and Adam.
His best-known works, the best-selling Stalingrad and Berlin - The Downfall 1945, recount the World War II battles between the Soviet Union and Germany. They have been praised for their vivid, compelling style, their treatment of the ordinary lives of combatants and civilians and the use of newly disclosed documents from Soviet archives.
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