Ian Morris

Ian Morris
Ian Matthew Morrisis a British historian. He is currently Willard Professor of Classics at Stanford University...
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth27 January 1960
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The scenes have been pinpointed to within a 24-km radius of where Hitler was stationed in France during the war. He wasn't a great artist but the interest is the man rather than the paintings.
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