A.J.P. Taylor

A. J. P. Taylor, born in Lancashire in 1906, studied at Oriel College, Oxford. From 1953 he was a lecturer in international history at Oxford, also enjoying a successful career as a broadcaster. Taylor's many books include The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918, The Origins of the Second World War, and English History 1914–1945. He died in 1990.