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词条 Christopher Seton-Watson
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  1. Biography

     Education  War-time activities  Academic career 

  2. Honors

  3. Works

  4. References

Christopher Seton-Watson (London, England, August 6, 1918 – London, England, September 8, 2007) was a British soldier and historian specializing in political science and Italian history. He taught at Oxford University, and was the founder of the Association for the Study of Modern Italy.

Biography

Education

Seton-Watson was one of the two sons of Robert William Seton-Watson, the activist and historian. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. As a visiting student at Princeton, he regularly shared a taxi with Albert Einstein.[1]

War-time activities

During the Second World War Seton-Watson served in the Royal Artillery. He saw action during the Battle of France and was evacuated at Dunkirk. He then took part in the Greek campaign, the North African Campaign (including the Battles of El Alamein) and the Italian Campaign.[2] He was promoted to the rank of major, and awarded the Military Cross with bar. He wrote about these experiences in Dunkirk-Alamein-Bologna: Letters and Diaries of an Artilleryman 1939-1945.

Academic career

In 1946, Seton-Watson was elected to a fellowship in Modern History and Politics at Oriel College, Oxford, even though he had then not yet completed his BA degree. He remained at Oriel until his retirement in 1983, working on liberal Italy (1870–1922) and its foreign policy. His best-known work was Italy from Liberalism to Fascism, 1870-1925 (1967). In 1982 he founded the Association for the Study of Modern Italy.[3]

While at Oriel, he focused on teaching, and also served as a "talent scout" for the British security services.[4]

Honors

  • Military Cross (1940); bar 1944
  • Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1984)

Works

  • Italy from liberalism to fascism, 1870-1925. London, Methuen; New York, Barnes & Noble, 1967.
  • The making of a new Europe: R.W. Seton-Watson and the last years of Austria-Hungary. With Hugh Seton-Watson. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1981.
  • Italia e Inghilterra nell'età dell'imperialismo. With Enrico Serra. Milan: Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale, 1990.
  • British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. Part II, From the First to the Second World War. Series F, Europe, 1919-1939. With Kenneth Bourne and Donald Cameron Watt. Frederick, Md. : University Publications of America, 1990-96.
  • Dunkirk, Alamein, Bologna: letters and diaries of an artilleryman, 1939-1945. London : Buckland, 1993.

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Christopher Seton-Watson|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1567461/Christopher-Seton-Watson.html|work=Daily Telegraph|date=27 Oct 2007}}
2. ^{{cite book|last1=Seton-Watson|first1=Christopher|title=Dunkirk-Alamein-Bologna: Letters and Diaries of an Artilleryman 1939-1945}}
3. ^{{cite news|last1=Pollard|first1=John|title=Obituary: Christopher Seton-Watson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/dec/04/guardianobituaries.internationaleducationnews|work=The Guardian|date=4 December 2007}}
4. ^Christopher Seton-Watson, obituary, Daily Telegraph, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1567461/Christopher-Seton-Watson.html
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