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Margaret Olwen MacMillan

マーガレット・オルウェン・マクミラン

Māgaretto Oruwen MakkuMiran

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1943-12-23 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Toronto, Canada → Oxford, UK

Career

Occupations
historian, professor
Active Years
1975-
Affiliations
Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), Trinity College, Toronto, St Antony's College, Oxford
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (FRCGS)

Education

Trinity College, University of Toronto
History
Degree: BA
Country: Canada
BA in history
St Hilda's College, Oxford
Politics
Degree: BPhil
Country: UK
BPhil in politics
St Antony's College, Oxford
History
Degree: DPhil
Year of Graduation: 1974
Country: UK
Thesis: Social and political attitudes of British expatriates in India, 1880–1920

Awards

Duff Cooper Prize
2001
Work: Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War
Result: 受賞
Hessell-Tiltman Prize
2002
Work: Peacemakers
Result: 受賞
Samuel Johnson Prize
2002
Work: Peacemakers
Result: 受賞
Governor General's Literary Award
2003
Work: Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
Category: 英語ノンフィクション
Result: 受賞
Order of Canada
2006
Category: Officer
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: 受賞
Order of Canada
2015
Category: Companion
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: 昇格
Order of the Companions of Honour
2018
Organization: British Monarch
Result: 受賞
Order of Merit
2022
Organization: British Monarch
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War

2001 History

A detailed account of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

international relationspost-WWIpeacemaking

Bibliography

  • Women of the Raj
  • Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War
  • Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
  • Nixon in China: The Week That Changed the World
  • The Uses and Abuses of History
  • The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914
  • History's People: Personalities and the Past
  • War: How conflict shaped us

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed archival narrativeAnalytical on international relations
Recurring Motifs
Origins of warDiplomatic historyImperialism

Legacy

Renowned expert in international relations history, particularly around WWI era. Recipient of numerous honors.

Trivia

  • Great-granddaughter of David Lloyd George
  • Nephew is Dan Snow
  • Born in Toronto, Canada in 1943