M. A. Fitzsimons

Matthew Anthony Fitzsimons (1912 – October 24, 1992) was an American historian.^[1] He was a professor at the University of Notre Dame and was the longtime editor of The Review of Politics.^[2]

M. A. Fitzsimons
Born	Matthew Anthony Fitzsimons 1912 (1912) New York City, New York, United States
Died	October 24, 1992(1992-10-24) (aged 79–80)
Education	Columbia University (BA) University of Oxford (MA) University of Chicago (PhD)
Occupation	Historian
Employer	University of Notre Dame
Known for	Editor of The Review of Politics

Biography

Fitzsimons was a native of New York City.^[3] He earned an A.B. from Columbia University in 1934,^[4] and earned a two-year scholarship to the University of Oxford. He joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame in 1937 and earned a doctorate from the University of Chicago in English history. He wrote extensively about English history, historiography, history of the Catholic Church and religious orders.^[5][6][7]

Fitzsimons was a close colleague and succeeded historian Waldemar Gurian as editor of the journal Review of Politics from 1955 to 1974.^[8] He died on October 24, 1992.

References

1. "Fitzsimons, M. A. (Matthew Anthony), 1912- | Hesburgh Libraries". archivesspace.library.nd.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
2. "M. A. Fitzsimons In Memoriam—1912–92". The Review of Politics. 54 (4): 505–506. 1992. doi:10.1017/S0034670500016041. ISSN 1748-6858.
3. "In Memoriam, November 1993 | Perspectives on History | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
4. Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1960). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
5. Brady, Robert A. (July 1953). "FITZSIMONS, M. A. The Foreign Policy of the British Labour Government, 1945-1951. Pp. viii, 182. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1953. $3.25". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 288 (1): 198–199. doi:10.1177/000271625328800173. ISSN 0002-7162. S2CID 143778989.
6. Lukacs, John (October 1984). "The Perspective of Great Historians - M. A. Fitzsimons: The Past Recaptured: Great Historians and the History of History. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1983. Pp. 230. $16.95.)". The Review of Politics. 46 (4): 607–609. doi:10.1017/S0034670500049330. ISSN 1748-6858. S2CID 162316935.
7. Curtis, Georgina Pell; Elder, Benedict (1910). The American Catholic Who's who. NC News Service.
8. Stritch, Thomas (1988). "After Forty Years: Notre Dame and "The Review of Politics"". The Review of Politics. 50 (4): 520–529. doi:10.1017/S0034670500041917. ISSN 0034-6705. JSTOR 1407350. S2CID 251374218.