Arnold J. Toynbee

This article is about the universal historian Arnold Joseph Toynbee. For his uncle, the economic historian, see Arnold Toynbee (historian, born 1852).

Arnold J. Toynbee
CH FBA
Toynbee in 1967
Born
Arnold Joseph Toynbee

(1889-04-14)14 April 1889
London, England
Died22 October 1975(1975-10-22) (aged 86)
York, England
Spouses
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    (m. 1913; div. 1946)​
  • Veronica M. Boulter
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    (m. 1946)​
Children
RelativesArnold Toynbee (uncle)
Jocelyn Toynbee (sister)
Academic background
EducationBalliol College, Oxford
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Institutions
Main interestsUniversal history
Notable worksA Study of History
Influenced
Signature

Arnold Joseph Toynbee CH FBA (/ˈtɔɪnbi/; 14 April 1889 – 22 October 1975) was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and King's College London. From 1918 to 1950, Toynbee was considered a leading specialist on international affairs;[6] from 1929 to 1956 he was the Director of Studies at Chatham House,[7] in which position he also produced 34 volumes of the Survey of International Affairs, a "bible" for international specialists in Britain.[8][9]

He is best known for his 12-volume A Study of History (1934–1961). With his prodigious output of papers, articles, speeches and presentations, and numerous books translated into many languages, Toynbee was widely read and discussed in the 1940s and 1950s.

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  2. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 15th ed., vol. 9, p. 148.
  3. ^ Joll, James (1985). "Two Prophets of the Twentieth Century: Spengler and Toynbee". Review of International Studies. 11 (2): 91–104. doi:10.1017/S026021050011424X. ISSN 0260-2105. JSTOR 20097037. S2CID 145705005.
  4. ^ "The Evolution of Civilizations - An Introduction to Historical Analysis (1979)" – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Wilkinson, David (Fall 1987). "Central Civilization". Comparative Civilizations Review. Vol. 17. pp. 31–59.
  6. ^ Scott, J. Creagh (2017). Hidden Government. London: The A.K. Chesterton Trust. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-912258-00-0. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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  9. ^ Brewin, Christopher; Toynbee, Arnold (1992). "Research in a Global Context: A Discussion of Toynbee's Legacy". Review of International Studies. 18 (2): 115–130. doi:10.1017/S0260210500118819. ISSN 0260-2105. JSTOR 20097289. S2CID 145529789.