John Ashley Soames Grenville

Background

Grenville, John Ashley Soames was born on January 11, 1928 in Berlin. Son of Abraham Adolf and Charlotte (Sandberg) Guhrauer. arrived in England, 1939.

Education

Bachelor, London School of Economics, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, London School of Economics, 1953. Postgraduate, Ya.e University, 1960.

Career

Lecturer, reader University Nottingham, England, 1953-1966. Professor international history University Leeds, England, 1966-1969. Professor modern history University Birmingham, England, 1969-1994.

Professional research fellow Institute for German Studies University, Birmingham, England, since 1994. Founder, sometime chairman British Universities History Film Consortium, Leeds, since 1969. Director film History Association, London, 1975-1978.

History adviser 2d German television, Mainz, 1982-1996. Editor, executive member Leo Baeck Yearbook, New York City, London, Jerusalem, since 1992.

Achievements

• John Ashley Soames Grenville has been listed as a noteworthy history educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • A History of the World in the Twentieth Century

    (THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER TWO-VOLUME PAPE...)

  • A History of the World in the Twentieth Century Volume II: Conflict and Liberation, 1945-1996

    (THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER TWO-VOLUME PAPE...)

  • Lord Salisbury and Foreign Policy (University London Historical Study)
  • Collins History of the World in Twentieth Century by J. A. S. Grenville (1994-04-05)
  • A History of the World in the Twentieth Century Volume II: Conflict and Liberation, 1945-1996 by J. A. S. Grenville (1997-10-01)
  • Politics, Strategy, and American Diplomacy: Studies in Foreign Policy 1873-1917
  • Lord Salisbury and Foreign Policy: The Close of the Nineteenth Century
  • A History of the World in the Twentieth Century by J. A. S. Grenville (1994-10-30)

Membership

Fellow Royal History Society, Lunar Society, Athenaeum Club (London).

Interests

• Avocations: music, ballet, travel to meet foreigners, writing.

Connections

Married Betty Anne Rosenberg (deceased January 1974). Children: Murray Charles, Edward Samson, George Daniel. Married Patricia Conway, May 15, 1975.

Children: Claire, Annabelle Charlotte.

Father:

Abraham Adolf Guhrauer

Mother:

Charlotte (Sandberg) Guhrauer

Spouse:

Patricia Conway

Spouse:

Betty Anne Rosenberg

child:

Edward Samson Grenville

child:

Claire Grenville

child:

Murray Charles Grenville

child:

George Daniel Grenville

child:

Annabelle Charlotte Grenville