Norman Stone, PFS 2013
Longtime PFS member and speaker Norman Stone passed away this week, June 19, 2019. He was 78. As noted on Wikipedia:
Norman Stone (8 March 1941 – 19 June 2019) was a Scottish historian and author. He was Professor of European History in the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University, having formerly been a professor at the University of Oxford, lecturer at the University of Cambridge, and adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
In 1997, he retired from Oxford and moved to Turkey where he also taught, eventually publishing Turkey: A Short History. I do not think he was exactly a libertarian but Hans somehow discovered him and invited him to PFS for the first time in 2011, I believe, and he became a regular speaker, always delivering interesting, informed speeches in him husky-voiced, charming Scottish accent. I personally had many hours of fascinating, one on one, in depth conversation with Norman over the years at PFS meetings. We both shared the Christian name “Norman”, and I recall one time when chatting with him after not having seen him for a few years, I tried to remind him who I was, and he said, a twinkle in his eye, with his Scottish accent, “Oh, I know who you are,” and he reminded me of conversations we’d had at previous meetings. He was truly brilliant, refined, kind, and a classy gentleman. I was greatly fond of him and he, I think, a little, of me. I’ll miss him. My impression was he really enjoyed his several trips to Bodrum for our crazy libertarian meetings and felt at home there. Kudos to Professor Hoppe for introducing him to our set.
Norman Stone, PFS 2013, with Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Richard Lynn, Stephan Kinsella, and Jared Taylor
Pasted below is a 2007 tribute by Harry Mount published yesterday in The Spectator.
Norman’s PFS presentations are:
- The Cultural Background of the Austrian School (PFS 2018)
- Understanding Hungary and the Hungarians (PFS 2017)
- On Politics and Religion (PFS 2016)
- World War II Revisited (PFS 2013)
- Comparative History: Turkey and Spain (PFS 2012)
- Understanding Turkey and the Turks (PFS 2011)
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Oscar Grau
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