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Hugh Trevor-Roper

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The Resume

    (January 15, 1914-January 27, 2003)
    Born in Glanton, England, United Kingdom
    British historian
    Wrote 'The Last Days of Hitler' (1947), 'HItler's Table Talk, 1941-1944' (1953), 'Blitzkrieg to Defeat: Hitler's War Directives, 1939-1945' (1964), 'The Rise of Christian Eruope' (1965), 'The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century' (1967), 'The Philby Affair: Espionage, Treason and Secret Services' (1968), 'The European Witch Craze of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries' (1969), 'History and Imagination' (1980), 'Renaissance Essays' (1985) and 'From Counter-Reformation to Glorious Revolution' (1992)
    Named Baron Dacre of Glanton (1979)

Why he might be annoying:

    He dismissed Africa's pre-colonial history with the comment, 'There is only the history of Europeans in Africa. The rest is darkness.'
    He had public feuds with novelist Evelyn Waugh and fellow historian Arnold Toynbee.
    His reputation never recovered after he vouched for the authenticity of the forged 'Hitler diaries.' (1983)

Why he might not be annoying:

    He served with British intelligence during World War II.
    In his 80s, he lost his sight before the problem was surgically corrected.
    Critic Noel Annan wrote, 'He is the most eloquent, sophisticated and assured historian of our age.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 46.15% Annoying