Hugh Trevor Roper Quotes
The function of a genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve.
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| Birth: | 15th January, 1914 |
| Death: | 26th January, 2003 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Historian |
Hugh Trevor Roper was born in Glanton, Northumberland, England. He was a historian of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany. He was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford. He educated at Belhaven Hill School, Charterhouse, Christ Church and Merton College, Oxford. He took a first-class degree in Classical Moderations in 1934 and won the Craven, the Ireland and the Hertford scholarships in Classics. During World War II, he served as an officer in the Radio Security Service of the Secret Intelligence Service. He wrote several books include: The Last Days of Hitler, Historical Essays, The Philby Affair, The Plunder of the Arts in the Seventeenth Century, Princes and Artists, A Hidden Life, Europe's Physician, The Invention of Scotland, and History and the Enlightenment.
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