Robert Conquest

George Robert Acworth Conquest CMG OBE FBA FRSL (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was a British historian and poet. A long-time research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, Conquest was most notable for his work on the Soviet Union. His books included The Great Terror: Stalin's Purges of the 1930s (1968); The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivisation and the Terror-Famine (1986); and Stalin: Breaker of Nations (1991). He was also the author of two novels and several collections of poetry.

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BirthDate: 15 July 1917
Birth date: 15 July 1917
BirthName: enGeorge Robert Acworth Conquest
Birth name: enGeorge Robert Acworth Conquest
BirthPlace: enGreat Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Birth place: Great Malvern; Worcestershire
Caption: enConquest in 1987
Children: 3
Citizenship: United States nationality law
Citizenship: United States nationality law
Comment: enGeorge Robert Acworth Conquest CMG OBE FBA FRSL (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was a British historian and poet. A long-time research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, Conquest was most notable for his work on the Soviet Union. His books included The Great Terror: Stalin's Purges of the 1930s (1968); The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivisation and the Terror-Famine (1986); and Stalin: Breaker of Nations (1991). He was also the author of two novels and several collections of poetry.
DeathDate: 3 August 2015
Death date: 3 August 2015
DeathPlace: enStanford, California, U.S.
Death place: Stanford, California
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Education: Winchester College
Education: Winchester College
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