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Not much of a biography

This article seems to be mainly concerned with Kershaw's works not his life. There is much of interest in these sections, but there is very little about the author himself. Semudobia (talk) 14:10, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

why is controversial?

Semi-contradictory Summaries?

I noticed that the "Structuralist Views" and "Opposition to weak dictator thesis" sections seem to contradict one another; the structuralist summary seems to me to reflect Kershaw's views less exactly, and it's also more vehemently written - an unperson? The review of the same topic just below in the "opposition to weak dictator thesis" seems to be more spot on; I'm not sure if someone wants to remove the structuralist views section or reword it simply to indicate that Kershaw is, arguably, somewhat more of a functionalist than an intentionalist, if one insisted on an either-or. Or just talk about the connection with his mentor or something. Anyway, just suggestsions. 142.167.169.46 20:24, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uhm, isn't his thesis more or less a synthesis? In this case the thesis argues for both: Hitler's personality was powerful and played a large role, but at the same time he allowed the structuralistic factors to govern the state, mostly because it rarely contradicted his own goals. This goes for many things, including idealogy vs economy, of course.--RoSeeker (talk) 08:15, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

With all due respect, the summary of Kershaw's views, including the remark about Hitler as an "unperson" was based upon Kershaw's own preface to the volume 1 of his biography as the endnotes here show quite clearly. Therefore, I did not see how this summary can not seen as not reflecting Kershaw's views exactly. --A.S. Brown (talk) 19:59, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Knighting

Any information about him being a Sir?--RoSeeker (talk) 08:15, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Knighted in 2002, according to the BBC: [1]. Squiddy | (squirt ink?) 11:45, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Also, should this information be included in the article? Being knighted is quite notable, I think, especially since his title was mentioned in the article itself. -RoSeeker (talk) 04:09, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Biased Lede

"He is noted for his monumental biography of Adolf Hitler, which has been called 'soberly objective.'[1]" The biography may indeed be 'soberly objective,' though the existence of one positive review doesn't establish the fact, but an article that starts this way probably isn't. Calling his work 'monumental' and 'soberly objective' right from the beginning seems a touch obsequious for an encyclopedia article. I'm going to change it if nobody objects.0nullbinary0 (talk) 10:44, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would it not be a good idea to add that he dismisses the Hitler was part-Jewish rumour because he is one of the significant historians that has done this and it would give great credit to him.--14Adrian (talk) 15:55, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Does Kerhsaw speak German?

I've seen some interviews of him on Youtube speaking German, is he fluent? I'm also sure hes published a few books in German too. Does anybody know anything more?--Windows66 (talk) 18:52, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, he is fluent in German. (eg here) Near native in fact. Only a very very slight british accent. 81.146.50.141 (talk) 22:03, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, have to agree: I saw him in Munich a few years back promoting his book: practically native standard — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.7.66.27 (talk) 20:23, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Roman Catholic"?

"Kershaw was born into a Roman Catholic family". If he were Protestant, would his religion be mentioned? A quick look at Wikipedia articles about English people who happen to be Protestant results in a resounding "No". Be aware of your atavistic biases, please. 188.141.10.11 (talk) 13:09, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Kershaw is a LIAR or IGNORANT ?

Hello,

VOLUME VI et VIII from nuremberg trials, flick case and I.G. Farben Case. And committee kilgore under the name ELIMINATION OF GERMAN RESOURCES.

Officials documents not testimony from beggars...

Hitler was supporter by Thyssen (like he said) but VOEGLER too (he denies it), just an exemple (p.567 part 1 from french edition)--Misterdru (talk) 23:33, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Critics

Hello,

As many writers exists as well critics, we have to make a section about kershaw critics. His work about Hitler is quoting by many folks around but... are they trying to analyse themselves their reading ?

Kershaw is acting like a propagandist because he never wrote a lot about ECONOMY.

Without economy no war and maybe no hitler ? "maybe" If somebody can argue against that simple fact, he is welcome. Anyway we have to warn people about not believe everything they are reading with Kershaw. They are more to discover, really more.

I will insert pictures from kershaw books sonner as possible to show how he is covering up details about finance support for nazi regime.

--Misterdru (talk) 10:00, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I think the article explains difficult historiographical ideas very well. Johncmullen1960 (talk) 09:00, 1 July 2018 (UTC) Johncmullen1960 (talk) 09:00, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding his wife?

Dear my fellow Wikipedians,

the following sentence:

His wife, Dame Betty Kershaw, was a professor of nursing and dean of the School of Nursing Studies at the University of Sheffield.

How about:

His wife, Dame Betty Kershaw, is a former professor of nursing and dean of the School of Nursing Studies at the University of Sheffield.

?

Da Vinci Nanjing (talk) 12:15, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]