J. H. Shennan | |
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lancaster | |
In office 1993–1998 | |
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Born | Joseph Hugh Shennan 13 March 1933 Liverpool, Lancashire |
Died | 25 May 2015 | (aged 82)
Nationality | British |
Profession | Historian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Institutions | |
Joseph Hugh Shennan FRHistS (13 March 1933 – 25 May 2015) was a British historian who was Professor of European Studies (1974–98) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (1993–98) at the University of Lancaster. One of the pioneers in European Studies, his research focussed primarily on the history of France during the Ancien Régime as well as on the history of early modern Europe.