Alan Atkinson (historian)

Alan Thomas Atkinson
Atkinson at the 2023 NSW Premier's History Awards
Born1946 (age 77–78)
AwardsFellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1993)
Ernest Scott Prize (1989, 2005, 2015, 2023)
Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction (1997, 2015)
Trevor Reese Memorial Prize (1998)
Centenary Medal (2001)
Victorian Prize for Literature (2015)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Sydney (BA) (MA hons) (Hon DLitt)
Australian National University (PhD)
Trinity College Dublin (M.Ed)
ThesisThe Political Life of James Macarthur (1976)
Doctoral advisorA. W. Martin
Academic work
InstitutionsAustralian National University
Murdoch University
University of New England
Main interestsColonial history
Notable works
Websitehttps://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/alan-atkinson

Alan Thomas Atkinson, FAHA (born 1946) is an Australian historian, academic and author. He is emeritus Professor at the University of Western Australia. Atkinson is the only historian to have won the Ernest Scott Prize more than twice (four in total). He has been described as "one of Australia's greatest ever historians".[1]

  1. ^ Frank Bongiorno, UNSW Press, 2022, https://unsw.press/books/elizabeth-and-john/