Carr, Edward Hallet (1892–1982)
© The Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge
Carr was both an international historian and a philosopher of history, most notable in the former capacity for his 14-volume History of Soviet Russia and in the latter for his book What is History?
- Forenames:
- Edward Hallet
- Surname:
- Carr
- Honours:
- CBE
- Dates:
- 1892–1982
- Institutions:
- HM Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
University of Cambridge (Trinity College)
University of Wales (Aberystwyth) - Significant posts:
- Fellow, University of Cambridge (Trinity College)
- Contemporaries:
- Behrens, (Catherine) Betty Abigail
Namier, Lewis Bernstein - Influenced:
- Hill, Christopher
Hilton, Rodney
Hobsbawm, Eric
Rud, George
Thompson, Edward - Themes:
- Contemporary history
International history
Modern European history
Soviet history
- Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Proceedings of the British Academy - Obituaries:
- Times
Bibliography
Personal papers
Significant publications
- E. H. Carr, Conditions of Peace (London, 1942)
- E. H. Carr, What is History? (London, 1961)
- E. H. Carr, A History of Soviet Russia (London, 1950–1978)
Other reading
- Richard J. Evans, 'The two faces of E. H. Carr', History in Focus, 2 ( 2001)
- Stefan Collini, 'E. H. Carr : historian of the future', Times Literary Supplement, 5 March 2008
