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American historian
Matthew Anthony Fitzsimons (1912 – October 24, 1992) was an American historian.
[1] He was a professor at the
University of Notre Dame and was the longtime editor of
The Review of Politics .
[2]
Biography
Fitzsimons was a native of
New York City .
[3] He earned an A.B. from
Columbia University in 1934,
[4] and earned a two-year scholarship to the
University of Oxford . He joined the faculty of the
University of Notre Dame in 1937 and earned a doctorate from the
University of Chicago in English history. He wrote extensively about English history, historiography, history of the Catholic Church and religious orders.
[5]
[6]
[7]
Fitzsimons was a close colleague and succeeded historian
Waldemar Gurian as editor of the journal
Review of Politics from 1955 to 1974.
[8] He died on October 24, 1992.
References
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"Fitzsimons, M. A. (Matthew Anthony), 1912- | Hesburgh Libraries" . archivesspace.library.nd.edu . Retrieved 2022-05-28 .
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"M. A. Fitzsimons In Memoriam—1912–92" . The Review of Politics . 54 (4): 505–506. 1992.
doi :
10.1017/S0034670500016041 .
ISSN
1748-6858 .
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"In Memoriam, November 1993 | Perspectives on History | AHA" . www.historians.org . Retrieved 2022-05-28 .
^ Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1960).
Columbia College today . Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
^ Brady, Robert A. (July 1953).
"FITZSIMONS, M. A. The Foreign Policy of the British Labour Government, 1945-1951. Pp. viii, 182. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1953. $3.25" . The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science . 288 (1): 198–199.
doi :
10.1177/000271625328800173 .
ISSN
0002-7162 .
S2CID
143778989 .
^ Lukacs, John (October 1984).
"The Perspective of Great Historians - M. A. Fitzsimons: The Past Recaptured: Great Historians and the History of History. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1983. Pp. 230. $16.95.)" . The Review of Politics . 46 (4): 607–609.
doi :
10.1017/S0034670500049330 .
ISSN
1748-6858 .
S2CID
162316935 .
^ Curtis, Georgina Pell; Elder, Benedict (1910).
The American Catholic Who's who . NC News Service.
^ Stritch, Thomas (1988).
"After Forty Years: Notre Dame and "The Review of Politics" " . The Review of Politics . 50 (4): 520–529.
doi :
10.1017/S0034670500041917 .
ISSN
0034-6705 .
JSTOR
1407350 .
S2CID
251374218 .
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