A. J. P. Taylor Historian

Gender: Male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Born: Mar 25, 1906
Died: Sep 7, 1990

Alan John Percivale "A. J. P." Taylor FBA was an English historian who specialised in 19th- and 20th-century European diplomacy. Both a journalist and a broadcaster, he became well known to millions through his television lectures. His combination of academic rigour and popular appeal led the historian Richard Overy to describe him as "the Macaulay of our age".

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

power

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.

peace