January 1, 1970

To mark the anniversary of Churchill’s death, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, edited by David Cannadine, has made publicly available the Oxford DNB biography of Churchill – written by Paul Addison, and one of the longest articles in the Dictionary. You can also read selected ODNB biographies of people with personal and political ties to Churchill, including Clementine, Lord and Lady Randolph, political allies and advisers, including John Colville, F.A. Lindemann, Brendan Bracken, Alan Brooke, Lord Beaverbrook, Hastings Ismay, Lord Moran. Click here to go to the special Oxford DNB page devoted to Churchill.