Hampson, Norman 1922-

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HAMPSON, Norman 1922-

PERSONAL: Born April 8, 1922, in Leyland, Lancashire, England; son of Frank (in local government) and Elizabeth Jane (Fazackerley) Hampson; married Jacqueline Gardin (a teacher), April 22, 1948; children: Françoise, Michele. Education: University College, Oxford, B.A., 1941, M.A., 1947; University of Paris, D.Univ., 1955. Hobbies and other interests: Gardening.

ADDRESSES: Home—305 Hull Rd., York, Yorkshire YO10 3LU, England.

CAREER: University of Manchester, Manchester, England, lecturer, 1948-62, senior lecturer in French history, 1962-67; University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, professor of modern history, 1967-74; University of York, Yorkshire, England, professor of history, 1974-89, professor emeritus, 1989—. Military service: Royal Navy, 1941-45, including two years as liaison officer with Free French Navy; became lieutenant.

MEMBER: British Academy (fellow), Royal Historical Society (fellow).

AWARDS, HONORS: D.Litt., University of Edinburgh, 1989.

WRITINGS:

La Marine de l'an II: Mobilisation de la flotte de l'Océan, 1793-1794, M. Riviére (Paris, France), 1959.

A Social History of the French Revolution, Routledge & Kegan Paul (London, England), 1963.

A Cultural History of the Enlightenment, Pantheon (New York, NY), 1968, published as Pelican History of European Thought, Volume 4: The Enlightenment, Pelican (Harmondsworth, England), 1969.

The First European Revolution, 1776-1815, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1969.

The Life and Opinions of Maximilien Robespierre, Duckworth (London, England), 1974.

A Concise History of the French Revolution, Thames & Hudson (London, England), 1975.

Danton, Holmes & Meier Publishers (New York, NY), 1978.

The Terror in the French Revolution, Historical Association (London, England), 1981.

Will and Circumstance: Montesquieu, Rousseau, and the French Revolution, University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, OK), 1983.

Prelude to Terror: The Constituent Assembly and the Failure of Consensus, 1789-1791, Blackwell (New York, NY), 1988.

Saint-Just, Blackwell (Cambridge, MA), 1991.

The Perfidy of Albion: French Perceptions of England during the French Revolution, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1998.

Not Really What You'd Call a War (memoir), Whittles Publishing (Caithness, Scotland), 2001.

Contributor to history journals.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Crook, Malcolm, William Doyle, and Alan Forrest, editors, Enlightenment and Revolution: Essays in Honour of Norman Hampson, Ashgate (Burlington, VT), 2004.

Hampson, Norman, Not Really What You'd Call a War, Whittles Publishing (Caithness, Scotland), 2001.

PERIODICALS

Albion, fall, 1999, review of The Perfidy of Albion: French Perceptions of England during the French Revolution, p. 507.

American Historical Review, February, 1977, review of The Life and Opinions of Maximilien Robespierre, p. 20; December, 1979, review of Danton, p. 1394; October, 1984, R. Emmet Kennedy, Jr., review of Will and Circumstance: Montesquieu, Rousseau, and the French Revolution, p. 1084; October, 1990, David P. Jordan, review of Prelude to Terror: The Constituent Assembly and the Failure of Consensus, 1789-1791, p. 1210; February, 2000, Orville T. Murphy, review of The Perfidy of Albion, p. 296.

Books and Bookmen, November, 1978, review of Danton, p. 54.

British Book News, October, 1983, review of Will and Circumstance, p. 654.

Choice, March, 1979, review of Danton, p. 134; December, 1983, review of Will and Circumstance, p. 627; May, 1989, review of Prelude to Terror, p. 1575; July, 1991, review of Saint-Just, p. 1829.

Economist, September 16, 1978, review of Danton, p. 124.

Eighteenth-Century Studies, summer, 1987, review of Will and Circumstance, p. 488.

English Historical Review, April, 1980, review of Danton, p. 430; April, 1986, review of Will and Circumstance, p. 516; June, 1994, Alan Forrest, review of Saint-Just, p. 749.

European History Quarterly, July, 1993, Frank Tallett, review of Saint-Just, p. 450.

Guardian Weekly, October 16, 1988, review of Prelude to Terror, p. 28.

History: Journal of the Historical Association, June, 1992, Irene Collins, review of Saint-Just, p. 330.

History: Reviews of New Books, March, 1979, review of Danton, p. 96; winter, 1990, review of Prelude to Terror, p. 71; winter, 1992, review of Saint-Just, p. 84.

History Today, February, 1982, review of A Cultural History of the Enlightenment, p. 52; December, 1989, Nigel Aston, review of Prelude to Terror, p. 54; May, 1991, T. C. W. Blanning, review of Saint-Just, p. 56.

Journal of Military History, July, 2002, Arthur L. Funk, review of Not Really What You'd Call a War, p. 896.

Journal of Modern History, June, 1977, review of The Life and Opinions of Maximilien Robespierre, p. 283; March, 1980, review of Danton, p. 148; September, 1986, review of Will and Circumstance, p. 726; September, 1993, David P. Jordan, review of Saint-Just, p. 624; June, 2000, James Livesey, review of The Perfidy of Albion, p. 503.

London Review of Books, August 4, 1983, review of Will and Circumstance, p. 10; April 4, 1991, review of Saint-Just, p. 22; December 10, 1998, review of The Perfidy of Albion, p. 11.

New Statesman, September 22, 1978, review of Danton, p. 365.

New Statesman and Society, February 22, 1991, Brian Morton, review of Saint-Just, p. 33.

New York Review of Books, June 28, 1984, Robert Darnton, review of Will and Circumstance, p. 32.

Observer, January 1, 1989, review of Prelude to Terror, p. 38; February 10, 1991, review of Saint-Just, p. 55.

Reference and Research Book News, February, 1999, review of The Perfidy of Albion, p. 22.

Social Science Quarterly, June, 1985, review of Will and Circumstance, p. 467.

Spectator, September 3, 1983, review of Will and Circumstance, p. 18; December 17, 1983, review of Will and Circumstance, p. 52; November 19, 1988, review of Prelude to Terror, p. 31.

Times Educational Supplement, January 6, 1984, review of Will and Circumstance, p. 34.

Times Literary Supplement, January 20, 1989, review of Prelude to Terror, p. 65; February 15, 1991, Eugen Weber, review of Saint-Just, p. 3; December 6, 1991, review of Saint-Just, p. 12; September 4, 1998, Gwynne Lewis, review of The Perfidy of Albion, p. 24.