Frank Thistlethwaite
Frank Thistlethwaite
vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia
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Early life
Thistlethwaite was born on 24 July 1915 at 11 Powell Street, Burnley, Lancashire, the elder son of Lee Thistlethwaite (1885–1973), cotton cloth merchant and manufacturer, and his wife Florence Nightingale née Thornber (1892–1983),[1] youngest child of Sharp Thornber (1858–1933), cotton manufacturer, alderman and J.P., and Florence Nightingale (m. 1883; 1859–1917).[2] He was initially educated at Burnley Grammar School,[3] before attending Bootham School,[4][5] York, and then St John's College, Cambridge (MA), and at the University of Minnesota.[6]
Career
Thistlethwaite served in the
CBE
in 1979.
Publications
- The Great Experiment: An Introduction to the History of the American People (1955)
- The Anglo-American Connection in the Early Nineteenth Century (1958)
- Dorset Pilgrims: The Story of West Country Puritans who went to New England in the 17th Century (1989)
- A Lancashire Family Inheritance (1996)
- Our War 1938–45 (1997)
References
- ^ National Biography: Thistlethwaite, accessed 9 Dec 2016
- ^ TWO THORNBER FAMILIES IN BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND: 1. A THORNBER FAMILY IN BURNLEY WITH ORIGINS IN GISBURN, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, accessed 9 Dec 2016
- ^ The Times – Obituaries Accessed 2010
- ^ "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography".
- ^ Bootham Old Scholars Association (2011). Bootham School Register. York, England: BOSA.
- ^ The Guardian – Obituaries Accessed 2010
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