2019.02.24 玛格丽特-麦克米伦教授是一位加拿大历史学家

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Professor Margaret MacMillan is a Canadian historian, author and broadcaster. In 2018 she delivered the Reith Lectures on BBC Radio 4, in which she examined the tangled history of war and society.

She was born in Toronto in 1943, and her interest in history was kindled by the stories her parents told about when they were young and by the historical adventure novels she read as a child.

After a long academic career in Canada, she found herself in the international spotlight in her late 50s. Her book Peacemakers, about the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, won the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize and many other awards, and became a best-seller. Margaret is the great-granddaughter of David Lloyd George, who attended the Paris Conference as the British Prime Minister.

She has also written books about Nixon and Mao, about Europe’s path to World War One, and about personalities who have shaped history. She became the Warden of St Antony’s College, Oxford, in 2007, and retired from the role in 2017. In the 2018 Queen’s New Year’s Honours List, Professor MacMillan was appointed a Companion of Honour. She continues to research and write.

BOOK CHOICE: À la Recherche du Temps Perdu by Proust
LUXURY: A machine to help her learn to sing
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Mood Indigo by Duke Ellington



玛格丽特-麦克米伦教授是一位加拿大历史学家、作家和广播员。2018年，她在英国广播公司第四台发表了雷斯讲座，在讲座中她研究了战争和社会的纠结历史。

她于1943年出生于多伦多，她对历史的兴趣被她父母年轻时讲述的故事和她小时候阅读的历史冒险小说所点燃。

在加拿大长期从事学术工作后，她在50多岁时发现自己成为国际关注的焦点。她关于1919年巴黎和平会议的《和平缔造者》一书，赢得了英国广播公司塞缪尔-约翰逊奖和其他许多奖项，并成为畅销书。玛格丽特是大卫-劳埃德-乔治的曾孙女，他作为英国首相出席了巴黎会议。

她还写过关于尼克松和毛泽东的书，关于欧洲通往第一次世界大战的道路，以及关于影响历史的人物。她于2007年成为牛津大学圣安东尼学院的院长，并于2017年从该职位退休。在2018年女王的新年荣誉名单中，麦克米伦教授被任命为荣誉伙伴。她继续从事研究和写作。

书籍选择。普鲁斯特的《追寻逝去的时光》（À la Recherche du Temps Perdu）。
奢侈品：一台可以帮助她学习唱歌的机器
卡斯泰韦的最爱：艾灵顿公爵的《靛蓝的心情》。