Terry Charman (29 July 1950 – 15 February 2019) was an historian and curator at the Imperial War Museum and author. He was born at

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and educated at

Kingston Grammar School Kingston Grammar School is an independent co-educational day school in Kingston upon Thames, England. The school was founded by Royal Charter in 1561 but can trace its roots back to at least the 13th century.

and then the

University of Reading The University of Reading is a public university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college. The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 192 ...

. After a brief career in banking he joined the Imperial War Museum as an historian. He died of cancer and joked that during his illness he had had more morphine than

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Selected publications

* ''The German Home Front 1939-45'' (1989) * ''Outbreak: The World Goes to War'' (2010) * ''The First World War on the Home Front'' (2014)

References

External links

*https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-britain-learnt-to-live-on-rations-1868592.html 1950 births 2019 deaths English military historians People from Kingston upon Thames Deaths from cancer in the United Kingdom People educated at Kingston Grammar School Alumni of the University of Reading Imperial War Museum English curators {{England-historian-stub