M. A. Fitzsimons

Matthew Anthony Fitzsimons (1912 – October 24, 1992) was an American historian.[1] He was a professor at the University of Notre Dame and was the longtime editor of The Review of Politics.[2]

M. A. Fitzsimons
Born1912 (1912)
New York City, New York, United States
DiedOctober 24, 1992(1992-10-24) (aged 79–80)
EducationColumbia University (BA)
University of Oxford (MA)
University of Chicago (PhD)
OccupationHistorian
EmployerUniversity of Notre Dame
Known forEditor of The Review of Politics

Biography

Fitzsimons was a native of New York City.[3] He earned an A.B. from Columbia University in 1934,[4] and earned a two-year scholarship to the University of Oxford. He joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame in 1937 and earned a doctorate from the University of Chicago in English history. He wrote extensively about English history, historiography, history of the Catholic Church and religious orders.[5][6][7]

Fitzsimons was a close colleague and succeeded historian Waldemar Gurian as editor of the journal Review of Politics from 1955 to 1974.[8] He died on October 24, 1992.

References
  1. "Fitzsimons, M. A. (Matthew Anthony), 1912- | Hesburgh Libraries". archivesspace.library.nd.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. "M. A. Fitzsimons In Memoriam—1912–92". The Review of Politics. 54 (4): 505–506. 1992. doi:10.1017/S0034670500016041. ISSN 1748-6858.
  3. "In Memoriam, November 1993 | Perspectives on History | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  4. Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1960). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
  5. Brady, Robert A. (July 1953). "FITZSIMONS, M. A. The Foreign Policy of the British Labour Government, 1945-1951. Pp. viii, 182. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1953. $3.25". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 288 (1): 198–199. doi:10.1177/000271625328800173. ISSN 0002-7162. S2CID 143778989.
  6. Lukacs, John (October 1984). "The Perspective of Great Historians - M. A. Fitzsimons: The Past Recaptured: Great Historians and the History of History. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1983. Pp. 230. $16.95.)". The Review of Politics. 46 (4): 607–609. doi:10.1017/S0034670500049330. ISSN 1748-6858. S2CID 162316935.
  7. Curtis, Georgina Pell; Elder, Benedict (1910). The American Catholic Who's who. NC News Service.
  8. Stritch, Thomas (1988). "After Forty Years: Notre Dame and "The Review of Politics"". The Review of Politics. 50 (4): 520–529. doi:10.1017/S0034670500041917. ISSN 0034-6705. JSTOR 1407350. S2CID 251374218.
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