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Edward Hallett Carr
Born
in London, The United KingdomJune 28,
Died
November 03,
Genre
History, Politics
Influences
Karl Marx, Karl MannheimKarl Marx, Karl Mannheimmore
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Edward Hallett Carr was a liberal realist and later left-wing British historian, journalist and international relations theorist, and an opponent of empiricism within historiography.
Carr was best known for his volume history of the Soviet Union, in which he provided an account of Soviet history from to , for his writings on international relations, and for his book What Is History?, in which he laid out historiographical principles rejecting traditional historical methods and practices.
Educated at Cambridge, Carr began his career as a diplomat in Becoming increasingly preoccupied with the study of international relations and of the Soviet Union, he resigned from the Foreign Office in to begin an academic career. From Edward Hallett Carr was a liberal realist and later left-wi
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E. H. Carr
British diplomat, historian, and writer (–)
For other people named Edward Carr, see Edward Carr (disambiguation).
Edward Hallett CarrCBE FBA (28 June – 3 November ) was a British historian, diplomat, journalist and international relations theorist, and an opponent of empiricism within historiography. Carr was best known for A History of Soviet Russia, a volume history of the Soviet Union from to , for his writings on international relations, particularly The Twenty Years' Crisis, and for his book What Is History? in which he laid out historiographical principles rejecting traditional historical methods and practices.
Educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, London, and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, Carr began his career as a diplomat in ; three years later, he participated at the Paris Peace Conference as a member of the British delegation. Becoming increasingly preoccupied with the study of international relations and of the Soviet Union, he res
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What is History?
Edward Hallett Carr was born in and educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was Craven scholar and took a double first in classics. He joined the Foreign Office in and after numerous jobs in and connected with the F.O. at home and abroad he re-signed in and became Wilson Professor of International Politics at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. He was Assistant Editor of The Times from to , Tutor in Politics at BaIliol College, Oxford, from to , and became a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, in and an Honorary Fellow of BaIliol College, Oxford, in He received the CBE in As a historian he fryst vatten best known for his monumental History of Soviet Russia, which the Guardian referred to as 'among the most important works by a British historian this century' and The Times called 'an outstanding historical achievement'. He began his History in and worked at it for nearly thirty years. It occupies fourteen vo