George Antonius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Antonius

Lebanese-Egyptian author, historian, and diplomat

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1891

Place of Birth: Deyr el-Qamar, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon

Date of Death: 21-May-1942

Profession: writer, diplomat, historian

Zodiac Sign: Libra

George Habib Antonius, CBE (hon.) (Arabic: ???? ???? ?????????; October 19, 1891 – May 21, 1942) was a Lebanese-Egyptian author and diplomat, settled in Jerusalem, one of the first historians of Arab nationalism.
Born in Deir al Qamar in a Lebanese Eastern Orthodox Christian family, he served as a civil servant in the British Mandate of Palestine.
His 1938 book The Arab Awakening generated an ongoing debate over such issues as the origins of Arab nationalism, the significance of the Arab Revolt of 1916, and the machinations behind the post-World War I political settlement in the Middle East.