| 词条 | Dorothy Pickles |
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Dorothy Maud Pickles (née Salmon; 1903–1994) was a British university teacher, historian, and broadcaster. Early lifeDorothy Maud Salmon was born in Bridlington, Yorkshire on 8 August 1903; the eldest child of a hatmaker and physical education teacher. A scholarship enabled her to enter University of Leeds from where she received a first-class Bachelor of Arts degree in French (1925). After obtaining another scholarship, Salmon went to the Sorbonne for pursuing her Master's degree (1925–27).[1][2] CareerAfter finishing college, Salmon was appointed a teacher at Portsmouth College but could not continue for long. When her husband William Pickles was appointed a lecturer at the London School of Economics (LSE), they shifted to the city. Here Dorothy enrolled for a B.Sc. in Political Science from LSE.[2] She completed her degree with first class honours in 1936[1] and also won the Hugh Lewis Essay Prize. When a post for lecturer in Government was added, Pickles applied for it but Harold Laski appointed William instead.[2] The year 1938 saw the publication of Pickles's first book The French Political Scene.[2][3] During World War II, she published pamphlets with her husband and was appointed in the French division of Ministry of Information, which handled information to and from the French Resistance.[1] Her next book France Between the Republics was published in 1946.[4] Pickles was involved in British politics as well and as a Labour candidate, she contested the 1950 general election from Finchley but lost to Conservative John Crowder by 12,579 votes.[5] The Pickles maintained close connections with leaders of the Socialist International and acted as translators during some of its meetings. She, for the year 1960, was a visiting professor at the Columbia University. Pickles authored a dozen books which were translated to Dutch, Spanish, Arabic, Greek, and Hindi languages, while also being a contributor to multiple academic journals.[1] Personal lifeSalmon met her future husband William Pickles, while studying at the Sorbonne. They married on 15 December 1928 and while she was pursuing her degree at LSE, Dorothy gave birth to their only child, a daughter whom they named Judith Louis.[1][2] William died in 1979.[6] Death and legacyPickles has been described as a "noted authority on French politics"[7] and "the doyenne of French studies in Great Britain". She died on 26 November 1994.[2] Works
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=(Maud) Dorothy Pickles|url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1000078237/GPS?sid=wikipedia|accessdate=1 November 2017|publisher=Contemporary Authors Online|date=3 July 2001|subscription=yes|via=Gale Biography In Context}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news|title=Dorothy Pickles; Obituary|url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A115603062/GPS?sid=wikipedia|accessdate=1 November 2017|work=The Times|date=2 December 1994|page=23|subscription=yes|via=Gale Academic OneFile}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Epstein|first=M.|title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1940|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9XMDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA900|year=2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-27069-5|page=900}} 4. ^{{cite journal|last1=Woolbert|first1=Robert Gale|title=France Between the Republics (Review)|journal=Foreign Affairs|date=April 1947|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1947-04-01/france-between-republics|accessdate=1 November 2017}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=UK General Election results February 1950|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge50/i09.htm|publisher=Political Science Resources|accessdate=1 November 2017}} 6. ^"Deaths", Times, 5 December 1979. 7. ^{{cite web|author1=Africa News Service|title=The Art and Act of Solving Nigeria's Problems|url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A353484879/GPS?sid=wikipedia|accessdate=1 November 2017|publisher=AllAfrica.com|date=20 December 2013|subscription=yes|via=Gale General OneFile}} Further reading
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