A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor FBA Taylor in 1977 Born Alan John Percivale Taylor (1906-03-25)25 March 1906 Birkdale, Lancashire, England Died 7 September 1990(1990-09-07) (aged 84) London, England Nationality English Citizenship British Alma mater Oriel College, Oxford Occupation Historian Spouse(s) Margaret Adams (1931–1951; divorced) Eve Crosland (1951–1974;divorced) Éva Haraszti (1976–1990; his death) Awards Fellow of the British Academy Alan John Percivale "A. J. P." Taylor FBA (25 March 1906 – 7 September 1990) 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".