Properties (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
historian
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| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:University_College_London |
| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
|
| gptkbp:associatedAct |
Radio broadcasts
Public lectures Television documentaries |
| gptkbp:awards |
Wolfson History Prize
|
| gptkbp:birthDate |
1906-03-25
|
| gptkbp:children |
3
|
| gptkbp:deathDate |
1990-09-19
|
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
"History is not a science but an interpretation." "The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history." "The historian is not a prophet but a witness." "History is a series of events that are not connected." |
| gptkbp:field |
history
|
| gptkbp:fullName |
gptkb:Alan_John_Percivale_Taylor
|
| gptkbp:genre |
historical writing
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
A. J. P. Taylor
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Simon_Schama
gptkb:David_Starkey Niall Ferguson |
| gptkbp:influences |
gptkb:Friedrich_Engels
gptkb:Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel gptkb:Karl_Marx |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Controversial_views_on_World_War_II
|
| gptkbp:nationality |
British
English |
| gptkbp:notableAlumni |
Critique of traditional historiography
The idea of historical inevitability |
| gptkbp:notableWork |
The_Origins_of_the_Second_World_War
|
| gptkbp:occupation |
historian
|
| gptkbp:placeOfBirth |
gptkb:Birmingham,_England
|
| gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
gptkb:London,_England
|
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Margaret_Taylor
|
| gptkbp:website |
ajptaylor.com
|