Hilton, Ronald, 1911-2007
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- His Handbook of Hispanic source materials ... 1942.
- New York times WWW site, Feb. 26, 2007(in obituary published Feb. 24: Ronald Hilton; b. 1911, Torquay, England; d. Tuesday [Feb. 20, 2007], Palo Alto, Calif., aged 95; influential scholar on Latin America who played a role in uncovering secret preparations for Cuban exiles' invasion at the Bay of Pigs)
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Ronald Hilton (July 31, 1911, Torquay, England – February 20, 2007, Palo Alto, California) was a British-American academic, reporter and think-tank specialist, specializing in Latin America and, in particular, Fidel Castro's Cuba. Ronald Hilton was educated at Oxford University and at the University of California at Berkeley and became a US citizen in 1946. He launched the Hispanic American Report in 1948. He spent most of his long working life at Stanford University.
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