Peter Stachura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Peter Stachura

British historian

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1944

Place of Birth: Galashiels, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: historian, university teacher, historian of the modern age

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Peter D.
Stachura is a British historian, writer, lecturer and essayist.
He served as Professor of Modern European History at the University of Stirling and Director of its externally funded Centre for Research in Polish History established in May 2000.
Stachura has published extensively on the subject of modern history of Poland and its people, the Polish military effort alongside the Allies, as well as, on the shaping of the Nazi German state and the European Theatre during World War II.
He resides in Stirling (Stirlingshire), Scotland.Stachura was born to a Polish military émigré from the Polish Armed Forces in the West formed after the joint German–Soviet invasion of Poland in World War II.
Stachura graduated from the University of Glasgow and completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1971 entitled "The development and organisation of the Hitler youth, 1930-1933".
He was awarded a Doctor of Letters by the University of Stirling in 1994.
His main focus is on Polish history till 1945, the post-war history of the Poles in Scotland, Polish government-in-exile as well as the Weimar Republic established in 1919.
Stachura served as Director of Centre for Research in Polish History financed by the M B Grabowski Fund and Polonia Aid Foundation Trust, with awards an annual prizes offered to students.