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Noel Gilroy Annan, Baron Annan

ノエル・ギルロイ・アナン

Noeru Giyoroi Anan

Aliases: Noel Annan / Baron Annan / Lord Annan

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1916-12-25 (Gloucester Terrace, London)
Died
2000-02-21 (Unknown) age 83
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
London → Cambridge → London

Career

Occupations
British military intelligence officer, author, academic
Active Years
1935-2000
Affiliations
King's College, Cambridge, University College London, University of London, House of Lords
Memberships
Cambridge Apostles, Royal Historical Society, Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Education

St. Winnifred's School
Unknown
Country: UK
Stowe School
Unknown
Country: UK
Head of Temple House, editor of The Stoic
King's College, Cambridge
History / Law
Period: 1935-
Country: UK
Joined Cambridge Apostles

Awards

James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1951
Work: Leslie Stephen
Organization: University of Edinburgh
Result: 受賞
Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1946
Organization: British Government
Result: Officer

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Leslie Stephen

1951 Biography

His Thought and Character in Relation to His Time.

Intellectual aristocracyVictorian era

Roxburgh of Stowe

1965 Biography

The Life of J. F. Roxburgh and His Influence in the Public Schools.

EducationPublic schools

Our Age

1990 Memoir

Portrait of a Generation.

20th century British intellectuals

Changing Enemies

1995 Memoir

The Defeat and Regeneration of Germany.

World War IIGermany

The Dons

1999 Biographies

Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses.

Oxford and Cambridge dons

Bibliography

  • Leslie Stephen: His Thought and Character in Relation to His Time (1951)
  • The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought (1959)
  • Roxburgh of Stowe (1965)
  • The Disintegration of an Old Culture (1966)
  • How Dr. Adenauer Rose Resilient from the Ruins of Germany (1983)
  • Leslie Stephen: The Godless Victorian (1984)
  • Our Age: Portrait of a Generation (1990)
  • Changing Enemies: The Defeat and Regeneration of Germany (1995)
  • The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses (1999)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Higher gossipRetrospective
Recurring Motifs
Intellectual aristocracyVictorian intellectuals

Legacy

British military intelligence officer, author, and academic. Served as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, Provost of UCL, Vice-Chancellor of University of London. Known for essay 'The Intellectual Aristocracy'.

Archives

  • Papers at King's College, Cambridge (Janus)

In Popular Culture

  • Signatory to 1958 Times letter for homosexual law reform

Trivia

  • Member of Cambridge Apostles with future Soviet spies Guy Burgess and Michael Straight.
  • Married author Gabriele Ullstein in 1950, two daughters.
  • Chaired Annan Committee on Broadcasting (1977).