James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
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Edition 52 (1970) Winner
Jasper Ridley
ジャスパー・リドリー
Jasper Ridley
Aliases:
Jasper Godwin Ridley
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1920-05-25 （West Hoathly, Sussex）
- Died
- 2004-07-01 age 84
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- historian, biographer, barrister
- Active Years
- 1942-2002
- Affiliations
- Inner Temple, St Pancras Borough Council
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felcourt School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Magdalen College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Sorbonne | — | — | — | — | France |
Felcourt School
Country:
United Kingdom
Magdalen College, Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
Sorbonne
Country:
France
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Lord Palmerston | — | University of Oxford | winner |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1970
Work:
Lord Palmerston
Organization:
University of Oxford
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lord Palmerston
1970 BiographyBiography of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
British political historydiplomacy
Bibliography
- The Tate Gallery's Wartime Acquisitions
- The Law of the Carriage of Goods by Land, Sea and Air
- Nicholas Ridley
- Thomas Cranmer
- John Knox
- Lord Palmerston
- The Life and Times of Mary Tudor
- Garibaldi
- The Roundheads
- Napoleon III and Eugénie
- The History of England
- The Statesman and the Fanatic: Thomas Wolsey and Thomas More
- Henry VIII
- Elizabeth I
- The Tudor Age
- The Love Letters of Henry VIII
- Maximilian and Juarez
- Tito
- A History of the Carpenters' Company
- Mussolini
- The Freemasons
- The Houses of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- Bloody Mary's Martyrs
- A Brief History of The Tudor Age
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Narrative style focused on biographies
- Recurring Motifs
- British historyProtestant Reformationpolitical biographies
Legacy
British historian and biographer known for works on the Reformation and Tudor period. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Trivia
- During WWII, served in an air defence unit and manned an anti-aircraft battery at Portsmouth, where the man next to him was killed by shrapnel.
- Called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1945.
- Married Vera Pollak in 1949, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.
- Stood unsuccessfully as Labour Party candidate for Winchester in the 1955 general election.