Maurice Ashley

Maurice Percy Ashley CBE (4 September 1907 – 26 September 1994) was a noted historian of the 17th Century and a former editor of The Listener. He published over thirty books, of which his Financial and Commercial Policy Under the Commonwealth Protectorate (1934) achieved wide academic influence, while his biographies Cromwell (1937) and General Monck (1976) received particular praise.

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Birth dateSeptember 04, 1907
Date of deathSeptember 26, 1994
Education
New College Oxford
St Paul's School London

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