Thomas, Sir Keith Vivian (1933–)
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A pioneer in the field of social history and an advocate of the need for historians to keep abreast of developments in the social sciences, Thomas was particularly associated with the use of the techniques of social anthropology.
- Forenames:
- Keith Vivian
- Surname:
- Thomas
- Title:
- Sir
- Dates:
- 1933–
- Institutions:
- British Academy
University of Oxford (Corpus Christi College) - Significant posts:
- President, British Academy
President, Corpus Christi College
Professor in Modern History, University of Oxford - Influences:
- Hill, John Edward Christopher
Tawney, Richard Henry - Contemporaries:
- Stone, Lawrence
- Influenced:
- Macfarlane, Alan
- Themes:
- Seventeenth century history
History and anthropology
Social history
- Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Bibliography
Significant publications
- Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century England (London, 1971)
Keith Thomas, Man and the Natural World: Changing Attitudes in England 1500–1800 (1983)
