Alistair Horne

(9 November 1925 – 25 May 2017) was a British historian and academic best known for his works about armed conflicts involving 19th- and 20th-century France, including his classic about the Algerian War, ''A Savage War of Peace''. A former spy and journalist, Horne wrote more than 20 books on travel, history, and biography. }}

Horne became a senior member at St Antony's College, Oxford in 1970 and a fellow of the college in 1978. He was made an honorary fellow in 1988, a position he held until his death. He was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2003 for services to Anglo-French relations. Provided by Wikipedia