Namier, Sir Lewis Bernstein (1888–1960)
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Namier's reputation was built on his innovative use of prosopography or collective biography in the study of the eighteenth century parliamentary system. Though his use of this type of structural analysis was later criticised for its narrow focus it served at the time to refute previously accepted Whig narrative histories and made Namier the pre-eminent historian of his time.
- Forenames:
- Lewis Bernstein
- Surname:
- Namier
- Title:
- Sir
- Dates:
- 1888–1960
- Institutions:
- University of Manchester
- Significant posts:
- Editorial Board, History of Parliament
Professor of Modern History, University of Manchester
Editorial Board, History of Parliament - Contemporaries:
- Butterfield, Herbert
Carr, Edward Hallett
Taylor, Alan John Percivale - Influenced:
- Colley, Linda
McFarlane, Kenneth Bruce - Themes:
- Constitutional history
Political history
Prosopography - Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Obituaries:
- Times
Bibliography
Personal papers
Significant publications
- Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (London, 1929)
- Lewis Namier, England in the Age of the American Revolution (London, 1930)
- Essays Presented to Sir Lewis Namier, ed. Richard Pares and A. J. P. Taylor (1956)
- Linda Colley, Lewis Namier (1989)
