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|birth_name=George Nathaniel Curzon | |birth_name=George Nathaniel Curzon | ||
| + | |description=Countries are "pieces on a chessboard, upon which is being played out a game for the domination of the world” | ||
|birth_place=Kedleston, Derbyshire, United Kingdom | |birth_place=Kedleston, Derbyshire, United Kingdom | ||
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| + | |subjects=The Great Game,geopolitics,British Empire,Afghanistan,Persia | ||
| + | |text=[[Central Asia|Turkestan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Central Asia|Transcaspia]], [[Persia]]. To many, these words breathe only a sense of utter remoteness, or a memory of strange vicissitudes or moribund romance. To me, I confess, they are pieces on a chessboard, upon which is being played out a game for the domination of the world | ||
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| + | |date=1898 | ||
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Revision as of 12:24, 26 August 2021
 George Curzon     (politician, diplomat) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | George Nathaniel Curzon 1859-01-11 Kedleston, Derbyshire, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1925-03-20 (Age 66) London, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Oxford University/Balliol College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | • Mary Irene • Cynthia Blanche • Alexandra Naldera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Mary Curzon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Bullingdon Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interests | The Great Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Countries are "pieces on a chessboard, upon which is being played out a game for the domination of the world”
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“Turkestan, Afghanistan, Transcaspia, Persia. To many, these words breathe only a sense of utter remoteness, or a memory of strange vicissitudes or moribund romance. To me, I confess, they are pieces on a chessboard, upon which is being played out a game for the domination of the world”
George Curzon (1898) [1]
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