Edward Hallett Carr

Adam Timmins (University of Loughborough)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of York), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Domains

International Relations

Dates

Born 28 Jun 1892
Died 3 Nov 1982
Activity 1930-1982

Places

Born in United Kingdom
Active in United Kingdom

Activities

Primary

Diplomat
Historian / Chronicler
Journalist

Other

Political Theorist

Resources

Carr's Works

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Edward Hallett Carr was a twentieth century English historian primarily known for his multi-volume

History of the Soviet Russia

, which was the first major attempt to examine the history of the Bolshevik Revolution and after in any language. He is also known for two other works: his 1961 Trevelyan Lectures, published as

What is History?

, are still used as an introduction to historical method today, while his book

The Twenty Years Crisis

still features on many an international relations syllabus.

Carr was born on 28 June 1892. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge in 1911. He graduated in 1916, and due to a heart condition, was deemed unfit for military service. Instead he was drafted as a ‘temporary’ clerk in the Foreign Office on 5 June 1916; he would still be working for the FO

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Citation: Timmins, Adam . "Edward Hallett Carr". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 August 2014 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13306, accessed 27 November 2024.]