J. H. Plumb (1911–2001)
Autore di The American Heritage Book of The Revolution
Sull'Autore
British-born and educated historian John Plumb received his B.A. in 1933 from the University of London and his Ph.D. three years later from Cambridge University. After eight years as a research fellow at Cambridge, he became a member of the faculty and in 1966 professor of modern English history. mostra altro During the same period and in the 1970s, he was a visiting professor in the United States at Columbia and at New York University. Plumb is the definitive authority on England's first prime minister, Robert Walpole, about whom he wrote a two-volume biography. Plumb presents a balanced study of the era of Whig supremacy and the earlier Hanoverian period, 1714--60. In addition to authoring books, Plumb has edited a number of multivolume works and has published numerous articles and book reviews. Says Crane Brinton, "Plumb writes firmly and well in the British academic tradition of his master, G. M. Trevelyan" (N.Y. Herald Tribune). (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Sir John H. Plumb (1911-2001)
Opere di J. H. Plumb
The birth of a consumer society : the commercialization of eighteenth-century England (1982) 38 copie
The Making of an Historian: The Collected Essays of J.H. Plumb (Collected Essays of J. H. Plumb) (1988) 17 copie
The Pursuit of Happiness: A View of Life in Georgian England [An exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon Collection] (1986) 4 copie
The Atomic Historian 1 copia
Renaissance Florence 1 copia
Opere correlate
The impact of the American Revolution abroad : papers presented at the fourth symposium, May 8 and 9, 1975 (1976) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Historical Perspectives: Studies in English Thought and Society in Honour of J.H.Plumb (1974) — Honoree — 6 copie
History : the journal of the Historical Association, February and June 1951 (1951) — Book reviewer — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Plumb, J. H.
- Nome legale
- Plumb, John Harold
- Altri nomi
- Plumb, Jack
Plumb, Sir John Harold - Data di nascita
- 1911-08-20
- Data di morte
- 2001-10-21
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK (birth)
- Luogo di nascita
- Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Istruzione
- University College, Leicester (BA Lond.|1933)
Christ's College, Cambridge University (Ph.D|1936)
Alderman Newton's School, Leicester, England, UK - Attività lavorative
- social historian
university professor emeritus - Relazioni
- Trevelyan, George Macaulay (teacher)
Snow, C.P. (friend) - Organizzazioni
- University of Cambridge (professor of English history)
Foreign Office (WWII) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Fellow, British Academy (1968)
Knighthood (1982)
seven honorary degrees (five in US) - Breve biografia
- Sir John Harold Plumb was a British historian and prolific writer, specializing in 18th century British history. He was also a mentor to many other young historians. During World War II, he worked at the secret British intelligence centre, Bletchley Park, where he headed a section trying to decipher German naval codes.
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- Voto
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- Recensioni
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- ISBN
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