Zbyněk Zeman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zbyněk Zeman

British historian of Czech origin

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1928

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 22-Jun-2011

Profession: professor, historian, university teacher, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Zbynek Anthony Bohuslav Zeman (18 October 1928 – 22 June 2011) was a Czech historian who later became a naturalized British citizen.
He published widely on the history of Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th century.
As an academic, he taught at the Universities of St Andrews, Lancaster, Oxford and Prague. He also worked for The Economist magazine and Amnesty International.
In particular, Zeman was responsible for organising the translation into English of A Chronicle of Current Events, the samizdat periodical that documented human rights violations in the USSR from 1968 to 1982.