Inspirational Quotes by A. J. P. Taylor (English Historian)

A. J. P. Taylor (1906–90,) fully Alan John Percivale Taylor, was a British historian and journalist specializing in 19th- and 20th-century European diplomacy. A popular lecturer and broadcaster, he was well known to millions through his television lectures.

Born in Southport, Lancashire, Taylor attended Bootham School-York and studied at Oriel College-Oxford. He taught modern history at Manchester University and was a Fellow of Magdalen College-Oxford (1938–76) and lecturer in international history at Oxford (1953–63.)

As a diplomatic historian, Taylor established his authority in modern European history through his studies of the Habsburg monarchy and Otto von Bismarck. He delivered the first lectures ever given on British television (on the Russian Revolution.) His major work was The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918 (1954.)

Taylor’s other works include The Trouble Makers (1957,) which considers critics of British foreign policy 1792–1939, The Origins of the Second World War (1961,) and English History 1914–45 (1965.) He inspired many students, was an associate and biographer of Lord Beaverbrook, and wrote many essays and an autobiography, A Personal History (1983.) Letters to Eva, 1969–83 (1991) is a collection of love letters to his third wife.

University of Nottingham’s Professor of Modern British History C. J. Wrigley wrote AJP Taylor: Radical Historian of Europe (2006.)

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