Derek Hirst
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Derek Hirst is an English
historian of early modern Britain
.
A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
and author of four books and over thirty articles, Professor Hirst holds a B.A. (1969) and Ph.D (1974) from Cambridge University
. He is the William Elliott Smith Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis
, where he has taught since the 1970s, supervising dozens of dissertations and serving as chair of the department for several years. His focus is on 17th-century England and his best known work is England In Conflict 1603-1660: Kingdom, Community, Commonwealth.
Hirst has also worked extensively on Andrew Marvell
with Steven Zwicker
, a colleague at Washington University in St. Louis
. Hirst and Zwicker conducted an extensive review of Marvell's work and were the first to suggest that Marvell's campaigns for the rights of the individual were the result of "an inner struggle that tugged at every fiber of his personal life -- a lifelong effort to reconcile his own powerful homoerotic interests with the societal pressures of a repressive and highly patriarchal British culture." Their recent work has led them to be considered the leading experts on Marvell and they are currently authoring their findings in book form. http://record.wustl.edu/archive/2000/03-30-00/people.html
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
historian of early modern Britain
Early Modern Britain
Early modern Britain is the history of the island of Great Britain, roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Major historical events in Early Modern British history include the English Renaissance, the English Reformation and Scottish Reformation, the English Civil War, the...
.
A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
and author of four books and over thirty articles, Professor Hirst holds a B.A. (1969) and Ph.D (1974) from Cambridge University
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. He is the William Elliott Smith Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
, where he has taught since the 1970s, supervising dozens of dissertations and serving as chair of the department for several years. His focus is on 17th-century England and his best known work is England In Conflict 1603-1660: Kingdom, Community, Commonwealth.
Hirst has also worked extensively on Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell was an English metaphysical poet, Parliamentarian, and the son of a Church of England clergyman . As a metaphysical poet, he is associated with John Donne and George Herbert...
with Steven Zwicker
Steven Zwicker
Steven Nathan Zwicker is an American literary scholar and the Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St...
, a colleague at Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
. Hirst and Zwicker conducted an extensive review of Marvell's work and were the first to suggest that Marvell's campaigns for the rights of the individual were the result of "an inner struggle that tugged at every fiber of his personal life -- a lifelong effort to reconcile his own powerful homoerotic interests with the societal pressures of a repressive and highly patriarchal British culture." Their recent work has led them to be considered the leading experts on Marvell and they are currently authoring their findings in book form. http://record.wustl.edu/archive/2000/03-30-00/people.html