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Anthony Kemp (1939 – 29 January 2018[2]) was an English writer, journalist and military historian specialising in the history of World War II.
Anthony Kemp | |
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Born | 1939 London, United Kingdom |
Died | [1] Macclesfield, United Kingdom | 29 January 2018 (aged 78)
Alma mater | Brighton College |
Occupation | Military historian |
Anthony Kemp was born in London in 1939,[3] he had a clear memory of the preparations for D-Day in the Hampshire village where he lived as a child. Educated at Brighton College, after service in the Royal Air Force,[4] he spent several years in Germany before returning to study modern history at Pembroke College, Oxford. After a short period as a university lecturer, Kemp worked for twelve years as researcher, producer, and director of documentary programmes for British television, notably Television South.[4]
He was associated with a number of award-winning documentary productions on the Second World War, including Nan Red, the story of D-Day at Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Calvados.[5][6] He was author of numerous books on various aspects of military and contemporary history and was a contributor to several academic journals. He lived in France in the early 1990s, where he was a writer and freelance television director.[5] He published seven books at Éditions Gallimard, including four works in the collection "Découvertes Gallimard".[7]
He had a keen interest in the commanders of World War II, he authored Men-at-Arms 120: Allied Commanders of World War II and Men-at-Arms 124: German Commanders of World War II, published at Osprey Publishing.[8] In addition to works on military history, Kemp also wrote Witchcraft and Paganism Today back in 1995, and was co-author of Practical Paganism in 1996.
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