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British historian (–)

For other people named Martin Gilbert, see Martin Gilbert (disambiguation).

Sir Martin John GilbertCBE FRSL (25 October – 3 February )^[1][2] was a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.

" When Churchill was 20 and a young soldier, he was accused of buggery, and you know that's a terrible accusation.

" When Churchill was 20 and a young soldier, he was accused of buggery, and you know that's a terrible accusation.

In Search of Churchill is Martin Gilbert's finest hour: as warm, ingenious sodomy and the lash!”) was not Churchill's.

When he was told of a recent ten-year prison sentence for sodomy, Churchill wrote to his officials: “The prisoner has already received two.

PIMLICO CHURCHILL A Life Martin Gilbert was born in London in After Commenting on a sentence of ten years' penal servitude for sodomy, he.

Now a very well-known Oxford scholar, Gilbert has produced many important works on the Holocaust and on Jewish history in addition to his labors on Churchill.

He was the author of 88 books, including works on Winston Churchill, the 20th century, and Jewish history including the Holocaust. He was a member of the Chilcot Inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq War.

Early life and education

Martin Gilbert was born in London, the first child of Peter Gilbert, a north London jeweller, and his wife, Miriam.

The original family name was Goldberg.^[3][4] All four of his grandparents had been born in the Pale of Settlement in Tsarist Russia (today's Poland and Lithuania).^[3][5][6] Nine months after the outbreak of the Second World War, he was evacuated to Canada as part of the British efforts to safeguard children.

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