J. H. Elliott
J. H. Elliott | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Huxtable Elliott 23 June 1930 Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Died | 10 March 2022 (aged 91) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Spouse |
Oonah Sophia Butler (m. 1958) |
| Academic background | |
King's College, London | |
| Doctoral students | Geoffrey Parker |
Sir John Huxtable Elliott
Biography
Born in
He held honorary doctorates from the Autonomous University of Madrid (1983), the universities of Genoa (1992), Portsmouth (1993), Barcelona (1994), Warwick (1995), Brown University (1996), Valencia (1998), Lleida (1999), Complutense University of Madrid (2003), College of William & Mary (2005), London (2007), Charles III University of Madrid (2008), Seville (2011), Alcalá (2012), and Cambridge (2013).[6] Elliott was a Fellow of the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, of whose Founding Council he was also a member.[8]
Elliott was knighted in the
His studies of the Iberian Peninsula and the Spanish Empire helped the understanding of the problems confronting 16th- and 17th-century Spain, and the attempts of its leaders to avert its decline.[11] He is considered, together with Raymond Carr and Angus Mackay, a major figure in developing Spanish historiography.[12]
Elliott's principal publications are The Revolt of the Catalans (1963); The Old World and the New, 1492–1650 (1970); and The Count-Duke of Olivares (1986).[7] His Richelieu and Olivares (1987) won the Leo Gershoy Award of the American Historical Association[13] and, in 1992, the Prize XVIIe. In 2006, his book Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492–1830 was published by Yale University Press, winning the Francis Parkman Prize the following year. In 2012, he published his reflections on the progress of historical scholarship in History in the Making.[7]
Elliott was hospitalised due to pneumonia and kidney complications, at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, on 5 March 2022. He died on 10 March, at the age of 91.[14][15]
Works
- The Revolt of the Catalans: A Study in the Decline of Spain, 1598–1640 (Cambridge University Press, 1963; pbk reprint, 1984). ISBN 978-0521278904
- Imperial Spain: 1469–1716 (London 1963, revised repr. Penguin Books, 2002). ISBN 978-0141007038
- Europe Divided, 1559–1598 (London 1963; 2nd ed. 2000). ISBN 978-0631217800
- The Old World and The New 1492–1650 (Cambridge University Press, 1970; pbk reprint, 2008). ISBN 978-0521427098
- Memoriales y cartas del Conde-Duque de Olivares, 2 vols. (with José F. de la Peña) (Madrid 1978–80). ISBN 978-8420401119
- Richelieu and Olivares (Cambridge University Press, 1984; pbk reprint, 2003). ISBN 978-0521262057
- The Count-Duke Olivares: The Statesman in an Age of Decline (Yale University Press 1986, revised repr. 1989). ISBN 978-0300044997
- Spain and Its World, 1500–1700: Selected Essays (Yale University Press, 1989; pbk reprint, 1990). ISBN 978-0300048636
- The World of the Favourite (edited, with L. W. B. Brockliss) (Yale University Press, 1999). ISBN 978-0300076448
- The Sale of the Century: Artistic Relations between Spain and Great Britain, 1604–1655 (with ISBN 978-0300097610
- A Palace for a King, with Jonathan Brown (Yale University Press, 2003). ISBN 978-0300101850
- Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain, 1492–1830 (Yale University Press, 2006). ISBN 978-0300123999
- Spain, Europe and the Wider World, 1500–1800 (Yale University Press, 2009). ISBN 978-0300145373
- History in the Making (Yale University Press, 2012). ISBN 978-0300186383
- Scots and Catalans: Union and Disunion (Yale University Press, 2018; pbk reprint, 2020). ISBN 978-0300253382
References
- ^ "Honorary Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge". Retrieved 26 January 2007.
- ISSN 0031-2746.
- ^ "John Huxtable Elliott". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "No. 52199". The London Gazette. 2 July 1990. p. 11319.
- ^ a b c "Debrett's People of Today entry for Prof Sir John Elliott, FBA". Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ a b c "British Academy Fellows Archive. Record for: ELLIOTT, Sir John". Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
- ^ "The Rothermere American Institute Founding Council". Rothermere American Institute. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "No. 53527". The London Gazette. 30 December 1993. p. 1.
- ABC. 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Balzan Prize Returns to Oxford". Oxford University Gazette 1999. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
- ISBN 978-0-415-35518-6at Google Books
- ^ "Leo Gershoy Award Recipients". Retrieved 26 January 2007.
- ^ Miguel, Rafa de (10 March 2022). "Muere John H. Elliott, el historiador británico maestro de hispanistas, a los 91 años". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Sir John Elliott, Oxford Regius Professor of Modern History who as a historian of imperial Spain boldly opened up new areas of research". The Telegraph. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.