Daniel Beer (born 1973) is a British historian and Professor of Modern History at

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, University of London. His book, ''The House of the Dead'', won the 2017

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and was shortlisted for the

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Selected publications

* ''Renovating Russia: The Human Sciences and the Fate of Liberal Modernity, 1880–1930.''

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, 2008. * ''The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars''. Allen Lane, 2016.

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* * * 1967 births Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London Living people Historians of Russia {{England-historian-stub