J. W. Burrow
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John Wyon Burrow was an English historian. In 1954 he won a history scholarship at Christ's College, Cambridge
. His 1981 book, A Liberal Descent, won the Wolfson History Prize
.
Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.With a reputation for high academic standards, Christ's College averaged top place in the Tompkins Table from 1980-2000 . In 2011, Christ's was placed sixth.-College history:...
. His 1981 book, A Liberal Descent, won the Wolfson History Prize
Wolfson History Prize
The Wolfson History Prizes are literary awards given annually in the United Kingdom to promote and encourage standards of excellence in the writing of history for the general public...
.
Works
- Evolution and Society (1966).
- (with Stefan Collini and Donald Winch), That Noble Science of Politics (1983).
- A Liberal Descent (1981).
- Whigs and Liberals (1988).
- The Crisis of Reason: European Thought, 1848-1914 (2000).
- A History of Histories (2007).
External links
- The Daily Telegraph, ‘Professor John Burrow’, 27 December 2009.
- Donald Winch, ‘John Burrow Obituary’, University of Sussex.