Austin Woolrych
University of Lancaster | |
|---|---|
| In office 1971–1975 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 May 1918 Marylebone, London, UK |
| Died | 14 September 2004 (aged 86) |
| Spouse |
Muriel Edith Rolfe
(m. 1941; died 1991) |
| Academic background | |
University of Lancaster (1964–83) | |
| Main interests | English Civil War |
| Notable works | Britain in Revolution (2002) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1938–1945 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | |
| Battles/wars | El Alamein (1941) |
Austin Herbert Woolrych
Early life and education
Austin Woolrych was born in Marylebone, London, the son of Stanley Herbert Cunliffe Woolrych and May Gertrude Woolrych, née Wood. His father was a distinguished British Army intelligence officer during the First World War who became a businessman. Woolrych was descended from an old Shropshire gentry family, and was related to Sir Thomas Wolryche, 1st Baronet, Royalist governor of Bridgnorth during the English Civil War.
Woolrych was educated at
After the war, Woolrych was decommissioned with the rank of Captain, and attended Pembroke College, Oxford on an ex-serviceman's educational grant; he originally planned to read English, but owing to the college's lack of a tutor read History instead. He graduated from Oxford with a BA (first-class honours) and a BLitt.
Academic career
Woolrych joined the History Department at the
He retired in 1983. Freed from administrative work and teaching, he published several major works in retirement.
Honours
Woolrych was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1988.
Marriage and children
Woolrych married Muriel Edith Rolfe in 1941; she died in 1991. They had one son and one daughter.
Select Publications
- Woolrych, A.H. (1964), Oliver Cromwell, ISBN 978-0198315377
- Woolrych, A.H. (1966), Battles of the English Civil War (New ed.), ISBN 978-0712650434
- Woolrych, A.H. (1981), Commonwealth to Protectorate, ISBN 978-0198226598
- Woolrych, A.H. (1983), England Without a King 1649–60, Lancaster Pamphlets, ISBN 9780415104562
- Woolrych, A.H. (1987), Soldiers and Statesmen: The General Council of the Army and Its Debates, 1647–1648, ISBN 978-0198227526
- Woolrych, A.H.; ISBN 978-0861931330
- Woolrych, A.H. (2002), Britain in Revolution: 1625–1660, ISBN 978-0199272686