The British historian and Hispanist Raymond Carr has died at age 96, as confirmed today in Barcelona his colleague and compatriot Paul Preston.
Carr’s death occurred yesterday, as said Preston, who described him as one of their teachers, during the ceremony for his documentary on file with the Monastery of Poblet (Tarragona).
Sir Raymond Carr was born in the British town of Bath on April 11, 1919 and in 1999 received the Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences in recognition of his work on the history of Spain.
His works include “Spain 1808-1939,” which appeared in 1966, and laid the foundations of modern Spanish historiography.
He also wrote about Latin America – “Latin American Affairs” (1970) – but most of his work centered on the Spain of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
“The Republic and the Civil War in Spain” (1971); “The Spanish Tragedy: The Civil War in Perspective” (1977); “Spain, from dictatorship to democracy” (with Juan Pablo Fusi, 1979); “Modern Spain: 1875-1980″ (1980); “The Spanish Civil War: A History in Photographs” (1986); “Visions of the Century” (1999) and “Spain: A History” (2000) were his most significant works.
He was president of the Society of Latin American Studies , professor of Latin American history at Oxford and director of St. Anthony’s College at the university.
Member of the British Royal Academy, received many awards for his work as hispanista, among which the cross of Alfonso X the Wise (1983) and the Prince of Asturias Award, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his extensive intellectual activity.
One of his last public appearances was three years ago, in London, to receive the First Prize Foundation to Banco Santander Hispano-British Relations for their contribution to the rapprochement between the two countries through the study of the history of Spain.
Upon receiving the award, Carr said: “This old man is very grateful,” before securing she was living “an unforgettable day.”
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