Anthony Sutcliffe

Anthony Richard Sutcliffe (born September 28, 1942 in London , † December 5, 2011 ) was a British historian whose research focus was on urban history .

Life

Anthony Sutcliffe attended Chigwell School in Essex . He later studied at Merton College of the University of Oxford . After graduating there, he immediately continued his studies at the Sorbonne and worked on his doctorate there .

In 1966 he became a research fellow at the University of Birmingham and worked at the University's Center for Urban and Regional Studies . In 1970 he moved to the University of Sheffield . In 1975 he became a reader . In 1982 he was appointed professor . From 1988 he taught as the successor to Harold James Dyos at the University of Leicester . Due to health problems, Sutcliffe gave up teaching at the University of Leicester in 1997.

In the 1970s he supported Gordon Cherry in setting up the Planning History group . He later co-founded the resulting International Planning History Society alongside Cherry . He also founded the journal Planning Perspectives together with Cherry and was its publisher with him from 1986 to 1996. After Cherry's death, he was the sole editor of the journal from 1996 to 2001.

Sutcliffe was divorced. This marriage resulted in two children, a daughter and a son.

Publications (selection)

• The Autumn of Central Paris: The Defeat of Town Planning 1850-1970 (1970)
• with Roger Smith: History of Birmingham Vol. 3 1939-1970 (1972)
• (Ed.): Multi-storey Living. The British Working-class Experience (1974)
• The History of Modern Town Planning: Bibliographic Guide (1977)
• (Ed.): The Rise of Modern Urban Planning, 1800–1914 (1980)
• with Derek Fraser (Ed.): British Town Planning: The Formative Years (1981)
• Towards the Planned City: Germany, Britain, the United States and France, 1780-1914 (1981)
• The History of Urban and Regional Planning: An Annotated Bibliography (1981)
• (Ed.): The Pursuit of Urban History (1983)
• (Ed.): Metropolis 1890-1940 (1984)
• Paris: An Architectural History (1993, Yale University Press)
• with Theo Barker (Ed.): Megalopolis: The Giant City in History (1993)
• An Economic and Social History of Western Europe Since 1945 (1996)
• with Derek H. Aldcroft (Ed.): Europe in the International Economy 1500 to 2000 (1999)
• London: An Architectural History (2006, Yale University Press)

Web links

• Anthony Sutcliffe obituary , Jan 30, 2012, The Guardian
• Entry on the website of the International Planning History Society