Timothy Garton Ash
British historian of contemporary Europe; Oxford professor emeritus, Hoover fellow.
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- Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author and commentator on the contemporary history of Europe, especially Central and Eastern Europe.
- He is Professor of European Studies emeritus at the University of Oxford and a Senior Fellow of Stanford's Hoover Institution.
- He has written a Guardian column on European and international affairs from 2004.
Key facts
- Born
- 12 July 19551
- Education
- Modern history, Exeter College, Oxford; St Antony's College, Oxford; Free University of Berlin and Humboldt University1
- Books
- The Magic Lantern (1990); The File (1997); Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World (2016); Homelands: A Personal History of Europe1
- Oxford
- Fellow of St Antony's College from 1989; Professor of European Studies from 20041
- Earlier
- 1980s: foreign editor of The Spectator; columnist for The Independent1
Roles
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- The GuardianOrganization
columnist on European and international affairs · since 2004 source on The Guardian
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