Robert Conquest
Robert Conquest | |
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| File:Robert Conquest (cropped).jpg Robert Conquest in 1987 | |
| Born | George Robert Acworth Conquest Template:Birth date |
| Died | August 4, 2015 (aged 98) |
| Nationality | English-American |
| Citizenship | United States, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Historian, poet |
Notable work | The Great Terror: Stalin's Purges of the 1930s |
| Spouse(s) | Joan Watkins (m. Template:Hover title–Template:Hover title) Tatiana Mihailova (m. Template:Hover title–Template:Hover title) Caroleen MacFarlane (m. Template:Hover title–Template:Hover title) Elizabeth Neece Wingate (m. Template:Hover title–Template:Hover title) (his death) |
| Children | 3 |
George Robert Acworth Conquest, CMG (July 15, 1917 – August 3, 2015) or Robert Conquest was an English-American historian and poet. He was best known for his influential works of Soviet history. They include The Great Terror: Stalin’s Purges of the 1930s. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2005.[1]
Conquest was born on July 15, 1917 in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford.
He was married to Joan Watkins from 1942 until they divorced in 1948. Then he was married to Tatiana Mihailova from 1948 until they divorced 1962. Then he was married to Caroleen MacFarlane from 1964 until they divorced in 1978. Then he was married to Elizabeth Neece Wingate from 1979 until his death in 2015. He had two sons from Watkins and one step-daughter from Wingate.
Conquest died in Stanford, California from respiratory failure caused by Parkinson's disease at the age of 98.[2]
References
- ↑ Ukraine honors Robert Conquest with Presidential Medal of Honor
- ↑ "Robert Conquest, Seminal Historian of Soviet Misrule, Dies at 98". New York Times.com. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
Other websites
- Scourge and Poet, a profile of Robert Conquest
- articles by and about Robert Conquest at the New York Review of Books[dead link]
- Where Ignorance Isn't Bliss, article by Robert Conquest at National Review Online[dead link]
- His biography at the Hoover Institution
- Great Terror at 40
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