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Arnold Joseph Toynbee

(1889-1975), Historian and nephew of Arnold Toynbee

Sitter in 12 portraits
Director of Studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA) from 1925 until 1955 and co-editor of the RIIA's annual Survey of International Affairs. Toynbee worked for British Intelligence during World War I and served as a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. During World War II, he again worked for the Foreign Office and attended the post-war peace talks. The publication of an abridgement of the first six volumes of his A Study of History in 1946 earned him a level of public recognition not matched by any other historian of his time. His influence was short lived however, and his work gradually faded from view.

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Arnold Joseph Toynbee
by Effie Stillman
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Arnold Joseph Toynbee
by Yousuf Karsh
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Arnold Joseph Toynbee; Philip Toynbee
by Irving Penn
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Arnold Joseph Toynbee
by Juliet Pannett
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Arnold Joseph Toynbee
by Walter Stoneman
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Arnold Joseph Toynbee
by Elliott & Fry
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Arnold Joseph Toynbee
by Walter Bird
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Arnold Joseph Toynbee
by Godfrey Argent
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Arnold Joseph Toynbee
by Godfrey Argent
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Arnold Joseph Toynbee
by Fay Godwin
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Related People

Arnold Toynbee (uncle)
Joseph Toynbee (grandfather)
Lawrence Toynbee (son)
Paget Jackson Toynbee (uncle)
Philip Toynbee (son)
Polly Toynbee (granddaughter)

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