Intellectual Biography of J. H. Elliott by C. Woodall
Intellectual Biography of J. H. Elliott
Professor Sir John Huxtable Elliott, MA & PhD Cambridge, MA Oxford, was born on 23 June 1930 in Reading, England.
Professional History:
Professor of History-King’s College, London, 1968-1973.
Elected to fellowship in the British Academy which resulted in the lecture series titled The discovery of America and the discovery of Man.
Professor of History-School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, 1973-1990.
Regius Professor of Modern History-Oxford, 1990-1997.
Awards and other achievements:
Prince of Asturias Award, 1996 for his contributions to the social sciences.
Balzan Prize, 1999 for his contributions to the study of Spanish history. The amount of this award was £200,000.
Former editor of the historical journal Past and Present.
Regius professor Emeritus of Oxford.
Honorary Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Books by J.H. Elliott:
The Old World and the New 1492-1650 (1970)
The Revolt of the Catalans: A Study in the Decline of Spain (1598-1640) (1984)
Richelieu and Olivares (1984)
The Count-Duke of Olivares: The Statesman in an Age of Decline (1986)
Spain and Its World, 1500-1700: Selected Essays (1989)
National and Comparative History: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford on 10 May 1991 (1991)
Do the Americas Have a Common History?: An Address (1998)
A Few Articles by J. H. Elliott:
Elliott, J. H. 2006. “Contrasting Empires the Differences – Cultural, Religious, Ethnic and Economic – between the Spanish and British Approaches to Their Empires in the Americas”. HISTORY TODAY. 56, no. 8: 12-22.
Elliott, J.H. 2008. “Williams, Patrick, The Great Favourite: The Duke of Lerma and the Court and Government of Philip III of Spain, 1598-1621″. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW. 123, no. 500: 201.
Selected Reviews by J. H. Elliott:
Elliott, J. H. 2003. “Naked Tropics: Essays on Empire and Other Rogues by Kenneth Maxwell”. NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS. 50: 40-42.
Elliott, J. H. 2004. “The Americas: A Hemispheric History by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto”. NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS. 51: 38-40.
Elliott, J. H. 2006. “Simon Bolivar: A Life by John Lynch”. NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS. 53, no. 12: 34-36.
Elliott, J. H. 2006. “Barbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment by David J. Weber”. NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS. 53, no. 3: 36-38.
