Robbins, Caroline (1903–1999)
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A leading historian of early English republicanism, Robbins was also a pioneer as a female British academic teaching in the United States.
- Forenames:
- Caroline
- Surname:
- Robbins
- Dates:
- 1903–1999
- Institutions:
- Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
Royal Historical Society
University of London (Royal Holloway)
- Significant posts:
- Marjorie Walker Goodhart Professorship, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
- Contemporaries:
- Namier, Lewis Bernstein
- Influenced:
- Bailyn, Bernard
- Themes:
- Eighteenth century
- Biographies:
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Obituaries:
- Guardian
Bibliography
Personal papers
- Student file held in the archives, Royal Holloway, University of London (RHC AR/201/6)
Significant publications
- Caroline Robbins, The Eighteenth Century Commonwealthman (Cambridge, 1959)
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