Henry Pelling

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Henry Mathison Pelling (1920 - 1997), British historian, is best known for his works on the history of the British Labour Party, including:

• The Origins of the Labour Party (1954) and
• A Short History of the Labour Party (1993).

He was also a pioneer of the serious study of twentieth-century electoral and party politics, and wrote such other works as:

• Social Geography of British Elections: 1885-1910
• Winston Churchill
• Britain and the Marshall Plan
• A history of british trade unionism
• America and the British left: from Bright to Bevan
• The British Communist Party: a historical profile
• The 1945 General Election Reconsidered

His papers are lodged with St John's College Cambridge.

[edit] External links

• Pelling's papers at St John's College
• Copac listing of his work