All Souls and the Wider World

Zusatztext This book contains many fine essays by distinguished historians such as Adrian Wooldridge, Stephen Cretney, Joe Mordaunt Crook, Sarvepalli Gopal, Jim Davidson, William Roger Louis and John Clarke, on many varied and important aspects of All Souls' influence on great events in British and world history. Informationen zum Autor S. J. D. Green is Professor of Modern History, University of Leeds and Extraordinary Research Fellow, All Souls College Peregrine Horden is Professor of Medieval History, Royal Holloway University of London and Extraordinary Research Fellow All Souls College Klappentext A collection of studies of the ways in which the younger members of All Souls engaged with the wider worlds of politics, public administration, the law, diplomacy, running the British empire, formulating foreign policy, banking, journalism, and the 'republic of letters', covering the era from the First World War to the Suez crisis. Zusammenfassung All Souls College, Oxford, has been both widely praised and roundly abused for its fellows' non-academic pursuits. How was it that members of the college so often held dual citizenship in the worlds of learning and public affairs? Why, instead of becoming teaching 'dons', could they be found in government and politics, in law, diplomacy, and running the empire, in formulating foreign policy (including, supposedly, 'appeasement' of Hitler), in banking, journalism, and the 'republic of letters'? Part of the answer lies in the nature of the foundation. Chichele's medieval college was always meant to be a training ground for careers in Church and government. But the origins of the modern phenomenon of 'prize fellows' active in a wider world beyond Oxford lies in the history of the College during the decades around 1900, and in its 'second foundation' by the Warden, Sir William Anson. The studies collected in this volume explore the context, significance, and legacy of Anson's wardenship. They trace the activities of 'prize' and other fellows, both individually and in groups, in settings that range geographically from London to the capitals of empire and commonwealth in Africa, India, and Australia, and chronologically from the years preceding the First World War to the Suez crisis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Anson's Legacy - All Souls and the Wider World c. 1850-1950 1: Adrian Wooldridge: Prizes, Fellowship, and Open Competition in All Souls, c. 1850-1950 2: S.J.D. Green: 'Government by Mallardry': The Golden Age of the Prize Fellows, c. 1875-1925 3: Stephen Cretney: Simon: A Lawyer in Politics 4: S.J.D. Green: Government by a Mallardian: On the Possibility of Public Service in the Political Thought of R. H. Brand 5: Jim Davidson: Have Brain Will Travel: W.H. Hancock and the Idea of Public Service 6: Michael Howard: All Souls and 'The Round Table' 7: John Clarke: All Souls and the War of the Professors 8: Sarvepalli Gopal: All Souls and India: The 1920s 9: Sarvepalli Gopal: All Souls and India: The 1930s and After 10: S.J.D. Green: Appeasers and Anti-Appeasers: All Souls and the International Crisis of the 1930s 11: Wm. Roger Louis: Leo Amery and the Post-War World, 1945-55 12: Wm. Roger Louis: All Souls and Suez 13: J. Mordaunt Crook: G.M. Young: The Last Victorian? ...

Auteur

S. J. D. Green is Professor of Modern History, University of Leeds and Extraordinary Research Fellow, All Souls College Peregrine Horden is Professor of Medieval History, Royal Holloway University of London and Extraordinary Research Fellow All Souls College

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A collection of studies of the ways in which the younger members of All Souls engaged with the wider worlds of politics, public administration, the law, diplomacy, running the British empire, formulating foreign policy, banking, journalism, and the 'republic of letters', covering the era from the First World War to the Suez crisis.

Résumé
All Souls College, Oxford, has been both widely praised and roundly abused for its fellows' non-academic pursuits. How was it that members of the college so often held dual citizenship in the worlds of learning and public affairs? Why, instead of becoming teaching 'dons', could they be found in government and politics, in law, diplomacy, and running the empire, in formulating foreign policy (including, supposedly, 'appeasement' of Hitler), in banking, journalism, and the 'republic of letters'? Part of the answer lies in the nature of the foundation. Chichele's medieval college was always meant to be a training ground for careers in Church and government. But the origins of the modern phenomenon of 'prize fellows' active in a wider world beyond Oxford lies in the history of the College during the decades around 1900, and in its 'second foundation' by the Warden, Sir William Anson. The studies collected in this volume explore the context, significance, and legacy of Anson's wardenship. They trace the activities of 'prize' and other fellows, both individually and in groups, in settings that range geographically from London to the capitals of empire and commonwealth in Africa, India, and Australia, and chronologically from the years preceding the First World War to the Suez crisis.

Contenu

• Introduction: Anson's Legacy - All Souls and the Wider World c. 1850-1950

• 1: Adrian Wooldridge: Prizes, Fellowship, and Open Competition in All Souls, c. 1850-1950

• 2: S.J.D. Green: 'Government by Mallardry': The Golden Age of the Prize Fellows, c. 1875-1925

• 3: Stephen Cretney: Simon: A Lawyer in Politics

• 4: S.J.D. Green: Government by a Mallardian: On the Possibility of Public Service in the Political Thought of R. H. Brand

• 5: Jim Davidson: Have Brain Will Travel: W.H. Hancock and the Idea of Public Service

• 6: Michael Howard: All Souls and 'The Round Table'

• 7: John Clarke: All Souls and the War of the Professors

• 8: Sarvepalli Gopal: All Souls and India: The 1920s

• 9: Sarvepalli Gopal: All Souls and India: The 1930s and After

• 10: S.J.D. Green: Appeasers and Anti-Appeasers: All Souls and the International Crisis of the 1930s

• 11: Wm. Roger Louis: Leo Amery and the Post-War World, 1945-55

• 12: Wm. Roger Louis: All Souls and Suez

• 13: J. Mordaunt Crook: G.M. Young: The Last Victorian?