Alan Everitt

Local historian (1926–2008)

Alan Milner Everitt, FBA, FRHistS (17 August 1926 – 8 December 2008) was a British local historian. He was a leading figure in the development of English provincial history in the forty years after the Second World War.

Life and career

Alan Milner Everitt was born on 17 August 1926, and grew up in the town of Sevenoaks. He earned his master's degree from the University of St Andrews in 1951 and a doctorate from the University of London in 1957, studying the prelude to the English Civil War under the supervision of R. C. Latham. That year, Everitt joined the University of Leicester as a research assistant to the economic and social historian Joan Thirsk. In 1968, he succeeded W. G. Hoskins as Hatton Professor of English Local History, a chair he held until retiring due to ill health in 1982.^{[citation needed]}

After his retirement, in 1989, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.^{[citation needed]}

Everitt died on 8 December 2008, at the age of 82.^[1] He is buried at All Saints Church, Kimcote, Leicestershire.

Books

Everitt was the author or editor of many books on English local history, including the ones listed below.

Authored

The County Committee of Kent in the Civil War (1957)^[2]
The Community of Kent and the Great Rebellion, 1640–1660 (1966)^[3]
Change in the Provinces: The Seventeenth Century (1969)^[4]
New Avenues in English Local History (1970)^[5]
The Pattern of Rural Dissent: The Nineteenth Century (1972)^[6]
Landscape and Community in England (1985)^[7]
Continuity and Colonization: The Evolution of Kentish Settlement (1986)^[8]

Edited

Suffolk and the Great Rebellion, 1640-1660 (1960)^[9]
Perspectives in English Urban History (1973)^[10]
English Local History at Leicester 1948–1978 (with Margery Tranter, 1981)^[11]

Notes

^ Thirsk, Joan (6 February 2009). "Alan Everitt". The Guardian.
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Reviews of The County Committee of Kent in the Civil War:
- Coleman, D. C. (1958). The Economic History Review. New Series. 10 (3): 490. doi:10.2307/2591275. JSTOR 2591275.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Dunn, Richard S. (December 1957). The Journal of Modern History. 29 (4): 368–369. doi:10.1086/238105. JSTOR 1878088.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Hill, Christopher (January 1958). The English Historical Review. 73 (286): 157–159. JSTOR 559021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Woolrych, A. H. (1957). History. 42 (146): 240–241. JSTOR 24403365.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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Reviews of The Community of Kent and the Great Rebellion:
- Hill, Christopher (April 1967). The Economic History Review. New Series. 20 (1): 167–169. doi:10.2307/2592048. JSTOR 2592048.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Laslett, Peter (April 1968). The American Historical Review. 73 (4): 1146–1147. doi:10.2307/1847445. JSTOR 1847445.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Pennington, D. H. (1967). The Agricultural History Review. 15 (2): 132–135. JSTOR 40273245.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Roots, Ivan (January 1968). The English Historical Review. 83 (326): 172–173. doi:10.1093/ehr/LXXXIII.CCCXXVI.172. JSTOR 561820.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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Reviews of Change in the Provinces:
- Goubert, J.-P. (October–December 1973). Études rurales (52): 192. JSTOR 20120500.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Hatcher, John (June 1971). History. 56 (187): 266–267. JSTOR 24407228.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Hill, Christopher (January 1972). The English Historical Review. 87 (342): 188–189. JSTOR 563859.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Morineau, Michel (1972). "Compte rendu". Annales. 27 (1): 88–90.
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Review of New Avenues in English Local History:
- Chartres, J. A. (1971). The Agricultural History Review. 19 (2): 189–190. JSTOR 40273798.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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Reviews of The Pattern of Rural Dissent: The Nineteenth Century:
- Ambler, R. W. (Spring 1973). Archives. 11 (49): 55. ProQuest 1293294284.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Binfield, Clyde (October 1973). The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 24 (4): 444–445. doi:10.1017/s0022046900051277. S2CID 161303076.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Thompson, David M. (January 1974). The English Historical Review. 89 (350): 208–209. JSTOR 565145.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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Reviews of Landscape and Community in England:
- Barry, Jonathan (January 1987). The English Historical Review. 102 (402): 127–129. doi:10.1093/ehr/CII.CCCCII.127. JSTOR 572424.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Morrill, John (April 1987). The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 38 (2): 337–338. doi:10.1017/s0022046900023575. S2CID 163835765.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Smith, A. Hassell (February 1987). History. 72 (234): 139–140. JSTOR 24415672.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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Reviews of Continuity and Colonization:
- Brooks, N. P. (January 1989). The English Historical Review. 104 (410): 116–118. doi:10.1093/ehr/CIV.CCCCX.116. JSTOR 571019.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Hooke, Della (October 1987). Journal of Historical Geography. 13 (4): 423–424. doi:10.1016/s0305-7488(87)80055-5.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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Reviews of Suffolk and the Great Rebellion:
- Barnes, Thomas G. (March 1962). The Journal of Economic History. 22 (1): 101–102. doi:10.1017/S0022050700102529. JSTOR 2114274. S2CID 153512471.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Hill, C. (1961). The Economic History Review. New Series. 14 (1): 148–149. doi:10.2307/2591368. JSTOR 2591368.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Woolrych, A. H. (October 1962). The English Historical Review. 77 (305): 775–776. doi:10.1093/ehr/LXXVII.CCCV.775. JSTOR 559727.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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Reviews of Perspectives in English Urban History:
- Chartres, J. A. (November 1974). The Economic History Review. 27 (4): 685–686. doi:10.2307/2594703. JSTOR 2594703.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Clark, Peter (May 1975). Urban History. 2: 49–51. doi:10.1017/S096392680000119X. JSTOR 44610859. S2CID 146407539.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Corfield, Penelope (1975). History. 60 (198): 89–90. JSTOR 24409239.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Reynolds, Susan (October 1975). The English Historical Review. 90 (357): 869–870. doi:10.1093/ehr/XC.CCCLVII.869. JSTOR 567310.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Schwoerer, Lois G. (May 1975). The Historian. 37 (3): 498–499. JSTOR 24444067.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Wohl, Anthony S. (June 1975). The American Historical Review. 80 (3): 636–637. doi:10.2307/1854294. JSTOR 1854294.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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Review of English Local History at Leicester 1948–1978:
- Laxton, Paul (January 1983). Journal of Historical Geography. 9 (1): 69. ProQuest 1300166002.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

References

Phythian-Adams, Charles (n.d.). "Professor Alan Everitt - Obituary". University of Leicester. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
Thirsk, Joan (4 June 2019). "Alan Milner Everitt 1926–2008". Proceedings of the British Academy. Vol. 166, pages 180–197. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
"Alan Everitt: social historian of English provincial life". The Sunday Times. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2022.