Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, a prime minister of Great Britain as well as a statesman, historian, biographer, soldier, and painter, holds a secure place in the history of nations and the history of literature. As a personality, he was the nineteenth century hero in a twentieth century world, bringing to the crises of a totalitarian and atomic age the urbanity, moral sense, and stubborn courage of an earlier era.
His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was at one time Chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of the House of Commons. His mother was the American-born Jennie...
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