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Carr, William (1921–1991), historian

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William Carr (1 April 1921 – 20 June 1991) was a British historian of Germany.He was born in Workington, Cumberland.
He studied history at the University of Birmingham, where he was awarded a prize for European history, but halted his studies after Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.
Carr volunteered and served in the Signals Corp and Royal Artillery.
After victory, he worked as an interpreter of German internees before joining the Field Security Police.
Carr returned to Birmingham University in 1947, where he was awarded a first class degree in 1948.Carr was appointed lecturer in history at the University of Sheffield in 1952, then senior lecturer (1963), reader (1970) and then to a personal chair (1979).
He retired in 1986.
A few days before his death, Carr learnt that the German government had awarded him the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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