Alistair Horne

Sir Alistair Horne
CBE FRSL
Born(1925-11-09)9 November 1925
London, England
Died25 May 2017(2017-05-25) (aged 91)
Oxfordshire, England
EducationMillbrook School
Alma materJesus College, Cambridge
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • biographer
  • historian
Notable work
  • The Price of Glory (1962)
  • A Savage War of Peace (1977)
Spouses
  • Renira Hawkins
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    (m. 1953; div. 1982)​
  • Sheelin Ryan
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    (m. 1987)​

Sir Alistair Allan Horne CBE FRSL (9 November 1925 – 25 May 2017)[1] was a British historian and academic best known for his works about armed conflicts involving 19th- and 20th-century France, including his classic about the Algerian War, A Savage War of Peace. A former spy and journalist, Horne wrote more than 20 books on travel, history, and biography.

Horne became a senior member at St Antony's College, Oxford in 1970 and a fellow of the college in 1978. He was made an honorary fellow in 1988, a position he held until his death. He was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2003 for services to Anglo-French relations.[2]

  1. ^ "Sir Alistair Horne, historian, journalist and former spy – obituary". The Telegraph. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  2. ^ Rust, Stuart. "OBITUARY: Academic, journalist and spy Sir Alistair Horne". Oxford Mail. Oxford University. Retrieved 3 December 2023.