Research topic: Arnold Joseph Toynbee

Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1889-1975, English historian; nephew of Arnold Toynbee . Educated at Oxford, he served in the British foreign office during World Wars I and II and was a delegate (1919) to the Paris Peace Conference. He was professor of Greek language and history (1919-55) at the Univ. of London and director of studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (1925-55). A prolific scholar, Toynbee achieved his greatest fame for his monumental work, A Study of History (12 vol., 1934-61), which appeared in an abridgment by D. C. Somervell (2 vol., 1946-57). In the Study of... Read more