Background
Bolsover was born at 12 Powys Street, Hindsford, Atherton, Lancashire, England, the son of a cotton worker and his wife.
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George Bolsover
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Education
He was educated at Leigh Grammar School in Leigh, where he learned Russian. He graduated Bachelor in Russian in 1931 and Master of Arts in 1932 from the which had the first Russian chair in the country. He wrote his Doctor of Philosophy thesis at the School of Slavonic Studies on Great Britain, Russia and the Eastern question, 1832–1841 in 1933.
Career
The school, now known as University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, is part of University College, London. They had a daughter, Anne, born 1953. He was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1947 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1970.
After gaining his Doctor of Philosophy, from 1937-1938 he was a tutor in adult education at the Worcester base of Birmingham University.
From 1938 to 1943 he lectured on European history at Manchester University. From 1943-1947 he was attaché and first secretary at the British Embassy in Moscow.
After returning to Britain he was appointed director of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), London, from which he retired in 1976. He presided over a period of growth in interest in Russian and East European studies and SSEES" post war expansion.
Rothstein had spent several years in Moscow and returned to England in 1931 suspected of being involved with agent development.
In 1949 Bolsover terminated his contract on the basis that he was not qualified for a post. His biography describes him as a shadowy figure to his students and regarded by his staff as intrusively unsupportive and heavy-handed. He is referred to as a tough and manipulative personality and "a useful bastard" but when entertaining at home, a genial and hospitable host.
Membership
At the time he joined SSEES, the department was regarded as a bed of pro-Soviet sentiment influenced by Andrew Rothstein, a founding member of the British Communist Party.
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Communist Party