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Oliver Kamm (born 1963) is a British journalist and writer. Since 2008 he has been a leader writer and columnist for ''The Times''. His book on grammar, ''Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English Usage'' was published in 2015. Predominantly identifying with the left and liberal issues, he is a prominent supporter of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. An advocate of the foreign policies pursued by the Blair government, Kamm wrote ''Anti-Totalitarianism: The Left-wing Case for a Neoconservative Foreign Policy'' (2005) which puts forward the case for an interventionist foreign policy.〔(Comment is Free profile: Oliver Kamm ), Guardian website〕 Kamm was formerly employed in the financial services sector, ==Early life== The son of translator Anthea Bell,〔Oliver Kamm ("Say it loud — I’m a pedant and I’m proud" ), ''The Times'', 26 June 2009〕 and Antony Kamm,〔("Obituary: Antony Kamm, publisher, author, historian and cricketer" ), ''The Scotsman'', 3 March 2011〕 he was educated at New College, Oxford and Birkbeck College, University of London. Kamm embarked on to a career in the financial sector, taking posts in the Bank of England and the securities industry, including as Head of Strategic Research at Commerzbank Global Equities in London.〔(Investments: Strategy vs superstition ) BBC Online, 22 January 1999.〕 He helped start a pan-European investment bank in 1997.〔 Geras, Norman ("The normblog profile 9: Oliver Kamm" ), ''normblog'', 21 November 2003〕〔 Kamm, Oliver ("In Praise of Hedges" ), ''Prospect'' 117, December 2005〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oliver Kamm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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