Anthony F. Upton
Anthony F. Upton (13 October 1929 – 4 July 2015)[1] was a British professor of Nordic history.
Biography
Born in
University of St. Andrews in 1956 as a lecturer in history, and was promoted to Reader before being appointed Professor of Nordic History in 1983, becoming Professor Emeritus on his retirement in 1996. He was a fellow of the Royal Historical Society
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Upton published three books about the first decades (1918–1941) of Finnish independence. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki on 2 June 2000.
He is best known for disputing the so-called "driftwood theory"[2] (Finnish: Ajopuuteoria) of Finnish passivity in Operation Barbarossa.[3]
Works
- Finland in Crisis, 1940–1941, 1964, 318 pp.
- Communism in Scandinavia and Finland: Politics of Opportunity, 1973, 422 pp.
- Finland, 1939–1940, 1974, 174 pp.
- The Finnish Revolution 1917–1918, 1980, 608 pp.
- A Short History of Finland, 1998, 209 pp.
- Charles XI and Swedish Absolutism, 1998, 281 pp.
- Europe 1600–1789, 2001. 437 pp.
References
- ^ Martti Häikiö, Eeva Simola (7 August 2015), "Professori upotti ajopuuteorian", Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish), pp. B 13
- ^ Erkki Tuomioja: Puheenvuoro "Historiography and Politics" The Politics of the Past -symposiumissa. Jyväskylä, 9.6.2007
- ^ Markku Jokisipilä: Finnish History, Culture and the Second World War
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