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British diplomat, historian, and writer (–)

For other people named Edward Carr, see Edward Carr (disambiguation).

Edward Hallett CarrCBE FBA (28 June – 3 November ) was a British historian, diplomat, journalist and international relations theorist, and an opponent of empiricism within historiography.

Carr was best known for A History of Soviet Russia, a volume history of the Soviet Union from to , for his writings on international relations, particularly The Twenty Years' Crisis, and for his book What Is History? in which he laid out historiographical principles rejecting traditional historical methods and practices.

Educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, London, and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, Carr began his career as a diplomat in ; three years later, he participated at the Paris Peace Conference as a member of the British delegation.

Becoming increasingly preoccupied with the study of international relations and of the Soviet Union, he res