Peter Stansky
Peter David Lyman Stansky (born January 18, 1932 in New York City ) is an American historian and professor emeritus at Stanford University .
Stansky is considered an expert on recent British history and recent British literature . He published on modernism and in particular the Bloomsbury Group , on William Morris and George Orwell , but also on the effects of the two world wars and the Spanish Civil War on British intellectuals or the development of the British party landscape in the first half of the 20th century
Stansky acquired in 1953 at the Yale University a Bachelor , 1955 at the King's College of the University of Cambridge once a bachelor and in 1959 the same place a master and in 1961 at the Harvard University a Ph.D. in history. First he was a lecturer at Harvard, later an assistant professor . In 1968 he moved to Stanford University as an associate professor , where he received a full professorship in 1974 and remained until his retirement. From 1975 to 1982 he was chair of the history department there, and from 1985 to 1988 he was deputy dean for humanities and sciences .
In 1966 and 1973, Stansky had a Guggenheim grant . In 1984 he received an honorary doctorate from Wittenberg University , and in 1988 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Stansky is a member (fellow) of the Royal Historical Society .
literature
- Stansky, Peter . In: Europa Publications (Ed.): International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004 . Psychology Press, 2003, ISBN 978-1-85743-179-7 , pp. 524 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Daniel Snowman: Peter Stansky. In: Historians. Palgrave Macmillan, London 2007, ISBN 978-1-349-54191-1 , p. 165.
Web links
- Peter Stansky and curriculum vitae (Microsoft Word document, 26 kB, status 2007) at Stanford University (stanford.edu)
- Peter Stansky ( Memento from January 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) at Stanford University (stanford.edu)
- Guide to the Peter Stansky Papers at the Online Archive of California (cdlib.org)
- Peter Stansky at academictree.org
- Peter David Lyman Stansky at prabook.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter D. Stansky. In: gf.org. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, accessed May 19, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter S. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved May 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Peter David Lyman Stansky. In: amacad.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences , March 2018, accessed May 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Fellows - S. (PDF; 292 kB) Royal Historical Society , accessed on May 19, 2019 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stansky, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stansky, Peter David Lyman; Stansky, Peter DL |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |