Thomas Bartlett (historian)
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is an Irish historian and author. Since 1995 he has been a Professor of History at University College Dublin
and more recently holds a Chair in Irish History at the University of Aberdeen.
viceroyalty in 1767-72. He was the first Naughton Fellow in Irish Studies in 1999. He also holds the Chair of Irish History at the University of Aberdeen
. He was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy
in 1995 and has held several visiting professorships in the USA and Britain.
Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy , based in Dublin, is an all-Ireland, independent, academic body that promotes study and excellence in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is one of Ireland's premier learned societies and cultural institutions and currently has around 420 Members, elected in...
is an Irish historian and author. Since 1995 he has been a Professor of History at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
and more recently holds a Chair in Irish History at the University of Aberdeen.
Academic life
He was educated at Queen's University Belfast, taking a BA in 1970 and his doctorate in 1976 on Townshend'sGeorge Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC , known as The Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British soldier who reached the rank of field marshal.-Early life:...
viceroyalty in 1767-72. He was the first Naughton Fellow in Irish Studies in 1999. He also holds the Chair of Irish History at the University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world...
. He was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy
Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy , based in Dublin, is an all-Ireland, independent, academic body that promotes study and excellence in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is one of Ireland's premier learned societies and cultural institutions and currently has around 420 Members, elected in...
in 1995 and has held several visiting professorships in the USA and Britain.
Partial Bibliography
- Penal Era and Golden Age: Essays in Irish History, 1690-1800 (Belfast, 1979)
- (as co-editor) Irish Studies: A General Introduction (Dublin, 1988).
- The Fall and Rise of the Irish Nation: the Catholic Question, 1690-1830. (Gill and Macmillan, 1992)
- (ed), A Military History of Ireland, (Cambridge, 1996).
- Theobald Wolfe Tone (Dundalk, 1998), pp. 89
- (co-author) The Irish Rebellion of 1798: a Bicentennary perspective (Dublin, 2003)
- (editor) Revolutionary Dublin: the letters of Francis Higgins to Dublin Castle, 1795-1801 (Dublin, 2003)
- Ireland : A History (Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
2010)
- Bartlett has also written numerous papers for learned journals.
External links
- Review of Ireland: A History Irish Times 7 Aug, 2010