George Richard Potter

George Richard Potter (1900 – 1981) was a British historian. From 1931 until 1965 he was Professor of Modern/Medieval History at the University of Sheffield.[1] He also edited the first volume of The New Cambridge Modern History.[2]

Professor Potter received an appointment as Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II during the 1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours.

Works

  • Sir Thomas More (1478-1538) (London: Parsons, 1925).
  • Macaulay (London: Longmans, 1959).
  • "Switzerland, History of" in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed., Macropædia (Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1974).
  • Zwingli (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976).
  • Ulrich Zwingli (Historical Association, 1977).
  • (with Mark Greengrass), John Calvin (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1983).

Notes

  1. ^ Potter Manuscripts at the University of Sheffield website, retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. ^ The New Cambridge Modern History, University of Cambridge website, retrieved 8 July 2018.
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