Frank Thistlethwaite

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 in Burnley, Lancashire, the son of a mill manager and cotton merchant. He was initially educated at Burnley Grammar School,^[1] before moving to Bootham School, and then St John's College, Cambridge (MA) and at the University of Minnesota.^[2]

Career

Thistlethwaite served in the RAF from 1941–45, during which time he was seconded to the War Cabinet from 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 awarded 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

External links

• Frank Thistlethwaite Archive, University of East Anglia