John Philipps Kenyon, FBA (18 June 1927 – 6 January 1996) was an English historian and Fellow of the

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. His area of expertise was 17th-century England.

Life

Kenyon was born in Sheffield where he attended King Edward VII School, Sheffield and then

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where he obtained a first class degree in History in 1948 before going to Cambridge to take a doctorate as a pupil of John H. Plumb. He obtained his doctorate in 1954 and was appointed a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, before going on to become Hull's history professor for 19 years, followed by six years at St Andrews. From 1987 to 1994 he was Distinguished Professor of early modern British history at the

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. For many years he was a regular reviewer for ''

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''.

Works

* ''Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland'' (1958) * ''The Stuarts'' (1958) * ''The Stuart Constitution, 1603-1688'' (1966) * ''The Popish Plot'' (1972) * ''Revolution Principles: The Politics of Party 1689-1720'' (1977) * ''Stuart England'' (1978) * ''The History Men'' (1983) * ''The Civil Wars of England'' (1988)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kenyon, John Philipps 1927 births 1996 deaths People educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield Academics of the University of Hull Academics of the University of St Andrews University of Kansas faculty Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge Fellows of the British Academy 20th-century English historians Alumni of the University of Sheffield Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Writers from Sheffield Historians of the early modern period Members of the University of Cambridge faculty of history