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Namier

British  
/ ˈneɪmɪə /

noun

  1. Sir Lewis Bernstein , original name Ludwik Bernsztajn vel Niemirowski . 1888–1960, British historian, born in Poland: noted esp for his studies of 18th-century British politics

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Like another famous British Jew, Disraeli, Namier was accused of snobbery because of his weakness for aristocracy and great homes.

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Yet Namier revolutionized the writing of history and became in the eyes of his British colleagues the greatest historian of the century.

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Namier felt that most ideologies were shams, and was prepared to prove it.

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"Some political philosophers complain of a 'tired lull' and the absence at present of argument on general politics in this country." wrote British Historian Lewis Namier before his death in 1960.

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Namier, Professor Masaryk, Dr. Beneš, V. Nosek and others will be found in the weekly review of foreign politics, the New Europe, published by Messrs. Constable & Co.,

From Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty by Vladimír Nosek

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