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Although he was closely associated with the Labour Party but was also employed as an advisor by Margaret Thatcher. A move to Yale University as professor of military and naval history enabled him to continue teaching until the age of 70. Knighted in 1986, he was awarded the OM in 2005. The Financial Times described him as: ‘Britain’s greatest living historian’. Professor Sir Michael Howard OM CH CBE MC died on 20th November 2019.
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