&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Question_book-new.svg){kind=small} |
William Doyle FBA (born 1942) is a British historian, specialising in 18th-century France, who is most notable for his one-volume Oxford History of the French Revolution (1st edition, 1989; 2nd edition, 2002; 3rd edition, 2018).[1]
He is one of the leading revisionist historians of the French Revolution, obtaining his doctorate from the University of Oxford with a thesis entitled The parlementaires of Bordeaux at the end of the eighteenth century, 1775–1790.[2]
He is also professor emeritus of history at Bristol University,[3] a fellow of the British Academy[4] and a trustee of The Society for the Study of French History.
- ^ Reid, Harry (22 July 1989). "Pageants of horror". Glasgow Herald. p. 20. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ Doyle, William (1968). The parlementaires of Bordeaux at the end of the eighteenth century, 1775-1790 (Thesis). University of Oxford.
- ^ University of Bristol. "University of Bristol". Directory of Experts. University of Bristol. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ The British Academy. "Professor William Doyle FBA". The British Academy. The British Academy.