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John Guy (historian)
British historian and biographer (born 1949)
For other people named John Guy, see John Guy (disambiguation).
John Alexander GuyFRHistS[1] (born 16 January 1949) is a British historian and biographer specialising in the early modern period.
Biography
Born in Warragul, Victoria, Australia, Guy moved to Britain with his parents in 1952. He was educated at King Edward VII School in Lytham St Annes in Lancashire, and Clare College, Cambridge, where he read history, achieving a First in 1970. At Cambridge, Guy studied under the Tudor specialist Geoffrey Elton. He was awarded a Greene Cup by Clare College in 1970 and the Yorke Prize by the University of Cambridge in 1976. He was appointed a Research Fellow at Selwyn College in 1970, completing his PhD on Thomas Wolsey in 1973.[2]
During his academic career, Guy has held posts at St Andrews University (where he is Honorary Professor and was sometime Vice-Principal for Research), Bristol University, UC Berkeley, University of Rochester and Johns Hopkins. Guy currently teaches at C
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Guy, John (Alexander) 1949-
(J. A. Guy)
PERSONAL:
Born January 16, 1949. Education: University of Cambridge, M.A., Ph.D.
ADDRESSES:
Office—Clare College, Cambridge CB2 1TL, England. Agent—Emma Parry, Fletcher and Parry LLC, The Carriage House, 121 East 17th St., New York, NY 10003. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER:
Author, educator, and historical consultant. Selwyn College, Cambridge, England, research fellow, 1970-73; University of California, Berkeley, visiting lecturer in British history, 1977; University of Bristol, Bristol, England, lecturer in modern British history, 1978-82, reader in British history, 1982-90; British Academy, London, England, Mark Fitch research reader, 1987-89; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, John Hinkley visiting professor, 1990; University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Richard L. Turner Professor of Humanities and professor of history, 1990-92; University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, professor of modern history, 1992-2002, head of school of history and international relations, 1992-94, vice principal, 1996-97. S
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John Guy is recognised as one of Britain’s most exciting and scholarly historians, bringing the past to life with the written word and on the broadcast media with accomplished ease. He’s a very modern face of history.
His ability for first class story-telling and books that read as thrillingly as a detective story makes John Guy a Chandleresque writer of the history world. Guy hunts down facts with forensic skill, he doesn’t just recite historical moments as they stand; he brings names and faces to life in all their human achievements and weaknesses. He looks for the killer clues so we can see how history unfolded. Like a detective on the trail of a crime, he teases out what makes his subjects tick. With his intimate knowledge of the archives, his speciality is uncovering completely fresh lines of enquiry. He’s never content to repeat what we already know but rather, he goes that extra step to solve history’s riddles. He takes you on a journey to the heart of the matter. Forget notions of musty academics, when Guy takes hold of history the case he st
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