Carlile Aylmer Macartney
Encyclopedia
Carlile Aylmer Macartney (1895-1978) was a British academic specializing in the history of central Europe
and in particular the history of Hungary
.
He was a research fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
. From 1936 to 1946 he was in charge of the Hungarian section of the Foreign Office Research Department. From 1951 to 1957 he held the Chair of International Relations at Edinburgh University.
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and in particular the history of Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
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He was a research fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
. From 1936 to 1946 he was in charge of the Hungarian section of the Foreign Office Research Department. From 1951 to 1957 he held the Chair of International Relations at Edinburgh University.
Publications (partial list)
- October Fifteenth - A History of Modern Hungary 1929-1945, Edinburgh University Press, 1956.
- Hungary a short History, Edinburgh University Press, 1962. ISBN 1-58929-097-6
- The Habsburg Empire, 1790–1918, (Macmillan 1969.) ISBN 0-02-577200-7
- July 14 (co-author: Emil Ludwig, 1929)