Frank Thistlethwaite
Frank Thistlethwaite CBE (24 July 1915 – 17 February 2003) was an English academic who served as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia.
Early life
Thistlethwaite was born on 24 July 1915 at 11 Powell Street, Burnley, Lancashire, the elder son of Lee Thistlethwaite (1885-1973), cotton cloth merchant and manufacturer, and his wife Florence Nightingale née Thornber (1892-1983),[1] youngest child of Sharp Thornber (1858-1933), cotton manufacturer, alderman and J.P., and Florence Nightingale (m. 1883; 1859-1917).[2] He was initially educated at Burnley Grammar School,[3] before attending Bootham School,[4][5] York and then St John's College, Cambridge (MA) and at the University of Minnesota.[6]
Career
Thistlethwaite served in the RAF 1941–45, during which time he was seconded to work for the War Cabinet 1942-45. A fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, Thistlethwaite served as a lecturer in the Faculty of Economics and Politics at the University of Cambridge from 1949-61. He was founding chairman of the British Association for American Studies (1955–59). He became the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia in 1961 and remained the post until 1980. He was appointed a CBE in 1979.
Publications
- The Great Experiment: An Introduction to the History of the American People (1955)
- The Anglo-American Connection in the Early Nineteenth Century (1958)
- Dorset Pilgrims: The Story of West Country Puritans who went to New England in the 17th Century (1989)
- A Lancashire Family Inheritance (1996)
- Our War 1938-45 (1997)
References
- ^ National Biography: Thistlethwaite, accessed 9 Dec 2016
- ^ TWO THORNBER FAMILIES IN BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND: 1. A THORNBER FAMILY IN BURNLEY WITH ORIGINS IN GISBURN, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, accessed 9 Dec 2016
- ^ The Times - Obituaries Accessed 2010
- ^ "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography".
- ^ Bootham Old Scholars Association (2011). Bootham School Register. York, England: BOSA.
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(help) - ^ The Guardian - Obituaries Accessed 2010
External links
- 1915 births
- People educated at Burnley Grammar School
- People educated at Bootham School
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge
- University of Minnesota alumni
- Academics of the University of Cambridge
- Vice-Chancellors of the University of East Anglia
- Academics of the University of East Anglia
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
- 2003 deaths
- People from Burnley