| John Leonard Clive | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Hans Leo Kleyff |
| Born |
September 25, 1924 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | January 7, 1990 (aged 65) |
| Cause of death | heart attack |
| Education |
University of North Carolina (A.B.) Harvard University (Ph.D.) |
| Awards | National Book Award for Biography (1974) |
John Leonard Clive (September 25, 1924 – January 7, 1990) was an American historian. He was a professor at Harvard University and the University of Chicago. He is most well known for his biography, Thomas Babington Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian for which he won the National Book Award for Biography and History.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Born Hans Leo Kleyff (later anglicized to John Leonard Clive) in Berlin to German-Jewish parents, he attended the Französisches Gymnasium Berlin before moving to England in 1937 where he went to Buxton College.[1] He emigrated to the United States with his family in 1940 where he attended the University of North Carolina.[2] After his graduation he entered the army and joined the OSS.[3]
In 1952 Clive received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and began teaching there. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1957.[4] That year he published Scotch Reviewers: The Edinburgh Review, 1802–1815. Clive moved to the University of Chicago in 1960 where he was an assistant and associate professor until returning to Harvard in 1965.[1] He would remain at Harvard for the rest of his career ultimately becoming the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History and Literature in 1979.[5] Clive won the National Book Award for Biography and History in 1974 for Thomas Babington Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian, and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well.[6] Clive retired in 1989 and gave his last lecture that December. He died of a heart attack on January 7, 1990 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism for his final book, Not by Fact Alone: Essays on the Writing and Reading of History.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fleming, Donald (1990). "John Leonard Clive". pp. 164–166. JSTOR 25081022.
- ↑ "In Memoriam John L. Clive". https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/april-1990/in-memoriam-john-l-clive. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Clive, John L. - [Serial Number 34674336"]. https://research.archives.gov/id/2169731#.V9Bu6ItYGCk.link. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ↑ "John Clive". http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/john-clive/. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ↑ Fowler, Glenn (January 10, 1990). "John L. Clive, Harvard Historian And an Acclaimed Biographer, 65". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/10/obituaries/john-l-clive-harvard-historian-and-an-acclaimed-biographer-65.html. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterC.pdf. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
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