| 词条 | Douglas Johnson (historian) |
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Douglas William John Johnson (1925–2005) a British historian. He was Professor of Modern History at the University of Birmingham from 1963 to 1968, and Professor of French History at University College London from 1968 to 1990. LifeJohnson was born on 1 February 1925 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended the Royal Grammar School in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. He studied history Worcester College, Oxford, having been awarded a scholarship. There was a break in his studies as he served in the Second World War with the Northamptonshire Regiment from 1943 to 1944. Having been invalided out of the British Army, he returned to Oxford and graduted in 1946 with a second-class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[1] His academic career was as a historian of France. He joined the University of Birmingham as a lecturer in modern history in 1949. He was made Professor of Modern History in 1963, and served as Chair of the of School of History between 1963 and 1968. He the moved to London, where he was Professor of French History at University College London from 1968 to 1990.[2] His books included France and the Dreyfus Affair (1966), France (for the Thames & Hudson 'Nations and Peoples' series, 1969), An Idea of Europe (with Richard Hoggart, 1987) and The Age of Illusion: art and politics in France, 1918-1940 (with his wife Madeleine Johnson, 1987). From 1983 he was General Editor of the Fontana History of Modern France. Unashamedly Francophile, Johnson devoted his academic career to improving relations between France and Britain. He became an advisor to Margaret Thatcher on all matters concerning France, although his own political position was always something of a mystery. HonoursA collection of essays in his honour was compiled by Martyn Cornick and Ceri Crossley under the title Problems in French History and published by Palgrave in 2000.[3] Johnson was awarded a number of honours by the French government: National Order of Merit (1980); Commandeur of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1987); and Chevalier (1990) then Officier (1997) of the Legion of Honour.[2] He did not receive any honours from the British government.[1] References1. ^1 {{cite ODNB|id=95778|first=Robert|last=Gildea|title=Johnson, Douglas William John}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Douglas}}{{UK-historian-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web |title=Johnson, Prof. Douglas William John |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-22103 |website=Who Was Who |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=20 January 2019 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U22103 |date=1 December 2007}} 3. ^{{cite book |editor1-last=Cornick |editor1-first=Martyn |editor2-last=Crossley |editor2-first=Ceri |title=Problems in French history |date=2000 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke |isbn=9780312237806}} 11 : 1925 births|2005 deaths|Academics of the University of Birmingham|20th-century British historians|Northamptonshire Regiment soldiers|Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford|People educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School|Academics of University College London|Recipients of the National Order of Merit (France)|Commandeurs of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques|Officiers of the Légion d'honneur |
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