Dickinson, H. T.
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Sources of Information
- Clavering, J.The correspondence of Sir James Clavering, 1967.
- Britain and the French Revolution, 1789-1815, 1989:CIP t.p. (H.T. Dickinson) pref. (Harry Dickinson) data sheet (b. 3-9-39)
Wikipedia description:
Harry Thomas Dickinson FRSE (9 March 1939-24 January 2024) was an English historian specialising in British eighteenth century politics. He obtained his BA and MA from the University of Durham and his PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He was Reader in History and later Richard Lodge Professor of British History at the University of Edinburgh. He was editor of the journal History from 1993 to 2000. Isaac Kramnick wrote that of the biographies of Lord Bolingbroke, Dickinson's was the "most reliable". In the opinion of David Armitage, Dickinson's life of Lord Bolingbroke "replaced all earlier accounts".
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