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Jon Halliday

Irish historian · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1939 · age 87

Jon Halliday is an Irish historian specialising in modern Asia. He was formerly a senior visiting research fellow at King's College London. He was educated at the University of Oxford and has been married to Jung Chang since 1991.

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Halliday is the older brother of the late Irish International relations academic and writer Fred Halliday.

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United Kingdom
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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
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Born 1939 · age 87