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Robert Conquest

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Jul 15, 1917 – Aug 3, 2015(98 years)Died in:Palo Alto, Santa Clara County

British historian and poet

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Nationality

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Occupation(5)

historianwriterscience fiction writerpoeteditor

Awards(8)

Michael Braude Award for Light VerseAntonovych prizePresidential Medal of FreedomDan David PrizeFellow of the British AcademyFellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureFellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesCommander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Education(5)

Magdalen CollegeWinchester CollegeJoseph Fourier UniversityUniversity College LondonUCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Robert Conquest (* July 15, 1917 in Malvern; † August 3, 2015 in Palo Alto) was a british historian and poet. He was 98 years old. His education included Magdalen College, Winchester College, Joseph Fourier University, University College London and UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He received 8 awards, including Michael Braude Award for Light Verse, Antonovych prize. His cause of death was pneumonia.

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Born in Malvern, England

1917

Michael Braude Award for Light Verse

1997

Presidential Medal of Freedom

2005

Dan David Prize

2012

Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County (pneumonia)

2015

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Robert Conquest. Forever remembered.