Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell

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Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell, was a prominent British historian and Liberal Democrat politician known for his influential work on the causes of the English Civil War.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British historian
Liberal Democrat politician
human
peer of the United Kingdom
politician
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
academicDiscipline early modern history
history
areaOfActivity British academia
United Kingdom politics
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1937-04-15
dateOfDeath 2004-10-14
educatedAt Merton College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Winchester College NERFINISHED
employer King's College London
University College London
University of Birmingham
University of Kent
era 20th century
21st century
familyName Russell
father Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell
fieldOfWork early modern British history
history
political history
fullName Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell
genre historical writing
givenName Conrad
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
knownFor revisionist interpretation of the English Civil War
studies of the causes of the English Civil War
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Democrats
Liberal Party (UK)
mother Patricia Spence
nobleTitle 5th Earl Russell
notableIdea multi-kingdom interpretation of the causes of the English Civil War
notableWork Parliamentary History in Perspective, 1604–1629
The Causes of the English Civil War
The Crisis of Parliaments: English History 1509–1660
The Fall of the British Monarchies, 1637–1642
Unrevolutionary England, 1603–1642
numberOfChildren 2
occupation historian
politician
university teacher
parliamentaryGroup Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords
placeOfBirth Chelsea, London, England
placeOfDeath London, England
positionHeld Member of the House of Lords
hereditary peer in the House of Lords
life peer in the House of Lords
relative Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Kate Amberley
religion agnosticism
researchInterest English Civil War
Stuart England
spouse Elizabeth Sanders

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bertrand Russell
child
John Russell, Viscount Amberley
grandfatherOf

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