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John taylor author biography alan
Alan Taylor
| English historian Date of Birth: 25.03.1906 Country: Great Britain |
Biography of Alan Taylor
Alan John Percival Taylor was an English historian who specialized in European diplomacy of the 19th and 20th centuries.
He was born on March 25, 1906, in Birkdale, Lancashire. His parents were wealthy and held left-wing views, which he inherited. Both of them were pacifists who opposed participation in World War I, and they sent their son to a Quaker school, which played a role in shaping his pacifist beliefs.
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Although Taylor's mother was a member of the Comintern and one of his uncles was a founder of the British Communist Party, Taylor broke ties with the Communists in 1926 due to their ineffective methods.
After leaving the Communist Party, Taylor became a staunch supporter of the Labour Party and remained a member for over 60 years.
Despite the rift with the Communists, he visited the Soviet Union twice, in 1925 and 1934. In 1927, Taylor graduated from Ox