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the integrity of history was threatened. In a House of Lords debate on 21 July 1989 he supported the two Lewes teachers, Chris McGovern and Dr
Anthony Freeman who suffered redeployment following their criticism of the academic quality of what was then the new GCSE examination.
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145:, London and was the oldest child of a Jewish family who had moved to England in 1903 from Russia. He was the elder son in a family of five children of merchant Semion (Simon) Beloff (born Semion Rubinowicz) and his wife Maria (Marie) Katzin. His sister
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and gave many speeches in the chamber defending the hereditary principle; however, he died before the bill was passed. He gave his final speech in the House of Lords on 22 March 1999, the day he died.
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Walker, David (8 November 1988). "Unrelenting Foe of
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Beloff was born on 2 July 1913 at 21 York House, Fieldway
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Nuffield Reader in Comparative Study of Institutions,
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was a politician and educationalist. His other sister
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183:(1726-1778). The young Beloff was educated at
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644:. London.
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