George Norman Clark

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Sir George Norman Clark (born February 27, 1890 in Halifax , † February 6, 1979 ) was a British historian .

Life

Clark attended school in Manchester (Manchester Grammar School) and studied at Oxford University (Balliol College). In 1931 he became a Fellow of All Souls College , Oxford and Professor of Economic History. In 1943 he became Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Trinity College, which he remained until 1947. From 1947 to 1957 he was Provost of Oriel College, Oxford. Since 1936 he was a member ( fellow ) of the British Academy . In 1950, Clark was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1953 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor .

In 1953 he wrote the general introduction to The New Cambridge Modern History (published in the first volume). In contrast to the author of the first The Cambridge Modern History , Lord Acton , from the end of the 19th century, he emphasized the time-bound nature of historiography. He was editor of the Oxford History of England book series and editor of the English Historical Review. He wrote general overviews of English and Dutch history, especially in the 17th century, and dealt with economic history.

Fonts

  • Unifying the World (= The Swarthmore International Handbooks. 7, ZDB -ID 1146737-X ). The Swarthmore Press et al., London et al. 1920, ( digitized ).
  • The Dutch Alliance and the War Against French Trade 1622-1697 (= Publications of the University of Manchester. Historical Series. 42, ZDB -ID 434536-8 ). University of Manchester Press, Manchester 1923, (Reprinted edition. Russell, New York NY 1971).
  • The Seventeenth Century. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1929, (multiple editions).
  • The Later Stuarts. 1660-1714 (= The Oxford History of England. 10). Clarendon Press, Oxford 1934, (several editions; digital version (PDF; 52.43 MB) ).
  • Science and Social Welfare in the Age of Newton. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1937, (2nd edition. Ibid. 1949).
  • The Wealth of England. From 1496 to 1760 (= The Home University Library of Modern Knowledge. 196, ZDB -ID 986189-0 ). Oxford University Press, London et al. 1946.
  • The Birth of the Dutch Republic. In: Proceedings of the British Academy. 32, 1947, ISSN  0068-1202 , pp. 189-218, (Raleigh Lecture on History, 1946).
  • The Idea of ​​the Industrial Revolution (= Glasgow University Publications. 95, ZDB -ID 767341-3 = Lecture on the David Murray Foundation in the University of Glasgow. 20). Jackson, Glasgow 1953.
  • Early modern Europe from about 1450 to about 1720 (= The Home University Library of Modern Knowledge. 232). Oxford University Press, London et al. 1957, (Several editions; in Italian: Le origini dell'Europa moderna. 1450–1720. Garzanti, Milan 1962; in Spanish: La Europa moderna 1450–1720 (= Breviarios del Fondo de Cultura Económica . 169, ZDB -ID 1338445-4 ). Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, among others, 1963).
  • War and Society in the Seventeenth Century (= The Wiles Lectures given at the Queen's University Belfast. 1956, ZDB -ID 796192-3 ). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1958.
  • Three Aspects of Stuart England (= The Whidden Lectures. 5, ISSN  0083-9248 ). Oxford University Press, London et al. 1960.
  • English History. A survey. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1971.
  • A History of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Volume 1-3. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1964-1972.

literature

  • Geoffrey Parker: George Norman Clark, 1890–1979 . In: Proceedings of the British Academy . tape 66 , 1982, pp. 407-425 ( online [PDF; accessed May 15, 2020]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Clark, George Norman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Halifax
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1979