F. S. Northedge

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F. S. Northedge

Frederick Samuel Northedge (16 October 1918 – 3 March 1985) was a British Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics.[1]

Early life[edit]

He attended Bemrose Grammar School in Derby. Northedge then read classics at Merton College, Oxford, before moving on to study international relations at the London School of Economics.[1][2]

Personal life[edit]

The Northedge Essay Competition was established in 1986 to recognize Professor Northedge's contribution to the creation of the journal Millennium.[3]

Selected books[edit]

  • The troubled giant; Britain among the great powers, 1916-1939 online
  • Foreign Policies of the Powers (London: Faber and Faber, 1968) online
  • A hundred years of international relations with M.J. Grieve, (1971) online
  • Descent from Power: British Foreign Policy, 1945-1973 (London: Allen & Unwin, 1974) online
  • The International Political System (London: Faber, 1976)
  • Britain and Soviet Communism: The Impact of Revolution (London: Macmillan Press, 1982)
  • The League of Nations: Its Life and Times, 1920-1946 (New York: Holmes and Meier, 1986)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Biography written by Geoffrey Stern for the library of the London School of Economics https://www.flickr.com/photos/lselibrary/4437666273/
  2. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 285.
  3. ^ Millennium: Northedge competition