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Keith Feiling

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別名: Sir Keith Grahame Feiling

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1884-09-07 (Leatherhead)
死没
1977-09-16 (Putney, London) 93歳
国籍
British
言語
English
宗教
Christianity
居住地歴
Leatherhead → Marlborough, Wiltshire → Oxford → Toronto → Jhansi and Dalhousie, India → Putney, London

経歴

職業
Historian, Biographer, Academic
活動期間
1906年〜1977年
所属
University of Oxford, All Souls College, Oxford, University of Toronto
所属団体
Oxford University Conservative Association (founder)
影響を受けた人物
George MacKinnon Wrong
影響を与えた人物
A.J.P. Taylor

学歴

Marlborough College
国: United Kingdom
Balliol College, Oxford
Modern History
学位: 近代史一等優等学位
卒業年: 1906
国: United Kingdom
Christ Church, Oxford
Modern History
期間: 1909-
国: United Kingdom
Resumed studies for doctorate

受賞歴

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1919
対象作品: Services during World War I with Central Recruiting Board of India
主催: British Government
結果: 受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1954
対象作品: Warren Hastings
部門: 伝記部門
主催: University of Edinburgh
結果: 受賞
Knighthood
1958
主催: British Monarchy
結果: 叙勲

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

A history of the Tory party, 1640-1714

1924年 History

A conservative history of the Tory Party from 1640 to 1714.

ConservatismParty politics

The Life of Neville Chamberlain

1946年 Biography

Biography of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

Conservative politicsAppeasement

Warren Hastings

1954年 Biography

Biography of Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India. Winner of James Tait Black Prize.

ImperialismColonial administration

A history of England, from the coming of the English to 1918

1950年 History

Comprehensive history of England up to 1918.

English historyConservative interpretation

全著作

  • Italian policy since 1870
  • A history of the Tory party, 1640-1714
  • England under the Tudors and Stuarts
  • British foreign policy, 1660-1672
  • What is conservatism?
  • The second Tory party, 1714-1832
  • The life of Neville Chamberlain
  • The study of the modern history of Great Britain, 1862–1946
  • Warren Hastings

作風・主題

文体
Conservative historiographyToryismDefence of traditional institutionsHierarchical authority
頻出モチーフ
EmpirePaternalismDeferenceMonarchyChurchFamilyNationStatusPlace

評価・遺産

Prominent British conservative historian and biographer. Chichele Professor of Modern History at Oxford (1946-1950), noted for his Tory interpretation of history defending empire, hierarchy, and tradition. Winner of James Tait Black Prize.

引用

  • Toryism rests on doubt in human nature; it distrusts improvement, clings to traditional institutions, prefers the past to the future. It is a sentiment rather than a principle.
    出典: A.J.P. Taylor, Essays in English history (1976年)

豆知識

  • His mother Joan Barbara was the sister of novelist Anthony Hope and first cousin of Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows.
  • A festschrift, Essays in British history presented to Sir Keith Feiling, edited by Hugh Trevor-Roper, was published for his 80th birthday in 1964.