Rhys Isaac
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Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (20 November 1937 – 6 October 2010)[1] was a South African-born Australian historian of American history who also worked in the United States.
Isaac and his twin brother
Isaac earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the
In 1963 Isaac emigrated to Australia, where he taught at the University of Melbourne, and later at La Trobe University (1971–91), where he was emeritus professor of American history. In 1975 he was a distinguished visiting professor of early American history at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Isaac won the 1983
In 2004 Isaac published Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and Rebellion on a Virginia Plantation, which made use of the exemplary diary of a Virginian landholder and member of the House of Burgesses.
Death
Isaac died at his home in Blairgowrie, Victoria, Australia, on 6 October 2010, aged 72, from cancer.[3]