The lives of the outstanding scholars celebrated in the volume often reveal unexpected personal and professional backgrounds. Taken together they build up a picture of the development of Britain's intellectual life. The Fellows of the British Academy who are remembered in this volume are:
Colin Francois Lloyd Austin, Anne Barton, James Thompson Boulton, Rupert Leo Scott Bruce-Mitford, Richard Charles Cobb, Geoffrey de Bellaigue, John Davies Evans, Michael Johannes Frede, Peter Thomas Geach, Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm, Ian Gray Kidd, Mark Kinkead-Weekess, Wilfred George Lambert, Rachel Maxwell-Hislop, William Richard Mead, James Mellaart, Donald MacGillivray Nicol, Geoffrey Fillingham Nuttall, Roland Anthony Oliver, Alan Turner Peacock, Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Charles Thurston Shaw, John Kinder Gowran Shearman, Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Irene Joan Thirsk.
Their scholarship ranged over the humanities and social science disciplines, including subjects as diverse as: medieval history, geography, the history of Africa, German, philosophy, French literature, sociology, art history and archaeology.
Edited by:
Ron Johnston Imprint: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: Vol XIV Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 163mm,
Spine: 39mm
Weight: 1.060kg ISBN:9780197265918 ISBN 10: 019726591X Series:Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy Pages: 628 Publication Date:10 December 2015 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
