David Thomson (historian)

David Thomson (historian)

David Thomson (1912–1970) was an English historian who wrote several books about British and European history.

He was a Scholar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1931 to 1934 where he took First Class Honours in both parts of the Historical Tripos. He had a long association with the college and was subsequently a Research Fellow, a Fellow and finally Master. He worked as a university lecturer in history and was a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York.

His works include Europe Since Napoleon (Longmans, 1957); World History from 1914 to 1961 (1963); Democracy in France since 1870 (1964) and two volumes of the Pelican History of England covering the 19th and 20th centuries.

Source

  • Europe Since Napoleon (Longmans, 1957) – frontispiece of 1978 Penguin edition

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