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Ben Pimlott

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性別
男性
生誕
1945-07-04 (Merton, Surrey)
死没
2004-04-10 (London) 58歳
国籍
United Kingdom, United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Wimbledon → Newcastle → London

経歴

職業
Historian, Political biographer, Professor
活動期間
1970年〜2004年
所属
Birkbeck College, Goldsmiths, University of London
所属団体
Fabian Society

学歴

Rokeby School
Preparatory school
期間: 幼少期
国: United Kingdom
Preparatory school in Wimbledon
Marlborough College
期間: 1960年代初頭
国: United Kingdom
Public school
Worcester College, Oxford
Philosophy, Politics and Economics / Politics
学位: BPhil
期間: 1964-1968頃
卒業年: 1968
国: United Kingdom
PPE degree and BPhil in politics
Newcastle University
Politics Department
学位: PhD
期間: 1970-
卒業年: 1975
国: United Kingdom
Lecturer and PhD

受賞歴

Whitbread Prize
1986
対象作品: Hugh Dalton
部門: 伝記
主催: Whitbread
結果: 受賞
Fellow of the British Academy
1996
主催: British Academy
結果: 選出

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Hugh Dalton

1985年 Political biography

Biography of Hugh Dalton. Winner of Whitbread Prize.

Labour Party politicsPost-war Britain

Harold Wilson

1992年 Political biography

Biography of Harold Wilson.

Labour leader1960s-70s politics

The Queen: Elizabeth II

1996年 Royal biography

Study of Queen Elizabeth II.

MonarchyPost-war Britain

全著作

  • Labour and the Left in the 1930s (1977)
  • The Trade Unions in British Politics (1982)
  • Fabian Essays in Socialist Thought (1984)
  • Frustrate their Knavish Tricks (1994)
  • Governing London (2002)

作風・主題

文体
Detailed biographical stylePolitically analytical
頻出モチーフ
Post-war British politicsLabour PartyMonarchy

健康

  • Intracerebral hemorrhage
    2004年
    Contributed to death
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia
    2004年
    Cause of death

評価・遺産

Renowned political biographer of post-war Britain, chaired Fabian Society, Warden of Goldsmiths. Ben Pimlott Prize established.

関連学会

  • British Academy

大衆文化への影響

  • Ben Pimlott Building at Goldsmiths
  • Ben Pimlott Prize for Political Writing by Fabian Society and The Guardian

豆知識

  • Had a pronounced stammer
  • Held dual UK-US citizenship
  • Contested three elections unsuccessfully
  • Mother was American descendant of Pilgrims