Arnold J. Toynbee
Arnold Joseph Toynbee was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and King's College London. From 1918 to 1950, Toynbee was considered a leading specialist on international affairs; from 1929 to 1956 he was the Director of Studies at Chatham House, in which position he also produced 34 volumes of the Survey of International Affairs, a "bible" for international specialists in Britain.
Background
- Born in
- London
- Educated at
- Balliol CollegeWinchester College
- Awards
- 🏆 Companion of Honour🏆 Fellow of the British Academy🏆 doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University🏆 honorary doctor of the Federal University of Ceará🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves."
"Right and wrong are the same in Palestine as anywhere else. What is peculiar about the Palestine conflict is that the world has listened to the party that has committed the offence and has turned a de…"
"Now who are the individuals who are the greatest benefactors of the living generation of mankind? I should say: Confucius and Lao-Tse; the Buddha; the Prophets of Israel and Judah; Zoroaster, Jesus, M…"
"Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universal self."
"The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake."
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Timeline
1889
Born
Birth1975
Died
Death
Family & Connections
- father:
- Harry Valpy Toynbee
- mother:
- Sarah Edith Marshall
- spouse:
- Veronica Boulter Toynbee, Rosalind Murray
- children:
- Philip Toynbee, Lawrence Toynbee, Antony Harry Robert Toynbee
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