Innis-Gérin Medal
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1981) Winner
Harold Gordon Skilling
ハロルド・ゴードン・スキリング
Harorudo Gōdon Sukiringu
Aliases:
H. Gordon Skilling
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1912-02-28 （Toronto）
- Died
- 2001-03-02 （Toronto） age 89
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Toronto, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- political scientist, historian, university professor
- Active Years
- 1937-2001
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Toronto | — | Political Science | — | — | Canada |
| University of London | — | History | PhD | 1937-1939 | United Kingdom |
| University of Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of Toronto
Political Science
Country:
Canada
Received degrees
University of London
History
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1937-1939
Year of Graduation:
1939
Country:
United Kingdom
Doctoral thesis on Czech history
University of Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
Received degrees
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Innis-Gérin Medal | — | social sciences | Royal Society of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Order of the White Lion | — | — | President Vaclav Havel | 受賞 |
Innis-Gérin Medal
1981
Category:
social sciences
Organization:
Royal Society of Canada
Result:
受賞
Order of the White Lion
1992
Organization:
President Vaclav Havel
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Czechoslovakia's Interrupted Revolution
1976 Historyon the subject of the Prague Spring
Prague Spring
Charter 77 and Human Rights in Czechoslovakia
1981 Human Rightsa sympathetic overview of the Charter 77 movement
Charter 77Human Rights
The Education of a Canadian: My Life as a Scholar and Activist
2000 Autobiographyautobiography
ScholarActivist
Legacy
few would question [Skilling's] status as the most important North American historian of Czechoslovak 20th century history.
Archives
- University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
- University of Toronto library (samizdat publications)
Trivia
- Attended Thomas Garrigue Masaryk's last public appearance in 1937
- Supporter of Charter 77, smuggled books into Czechoslovakia