John Clive (historian)

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John Clive was a British-born American historian and biographer best known for his works on 18th- and 19th-century British history and his acclaimed biography of Thomas Babington Macaulay.

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instanceOf American historian
British emigrant to the United States
biographer
historian
university professor
awardReceived National Book Award for History and Biography
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
educatedAt Harvard University
University of Cambridge
employer Harvard University
fieldOfWork 18th-century British history
19th-century British history
British history
intellectual history
genre biography
historical writing
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject British intellectual history
British politics in the 18th century
British politics in the 19th century
Thomas Babington Macaulay
notableFor biography of Thomas Babington Macaulay
studies of 18th- and 19th-century British history
notableWork After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture
Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian
Not by Fact Alone: Essays on the Writing and Reading of History
Scotch Reviewers: The Edinburgh Review, 1802–1815
The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone vs. Disraeli
Thomas Babington Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian
occupation biographer
historian
university teacher
positionHeld Professor of History at Harvard University

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Clive
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