Bergen, Norway
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– died 16 May 1995 in
London
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) was professor of International History at the
London School of Economics
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. As the author of her obituary declared, she was "for a generation Britain's leading historian of 17th- and 18th century Europe...."
Early life and education
The daughter of Gustav Ingolf Hanssen and Marie Rikheim Hanssen, Ragnhild Hanssen was educated in a private school for girls in
Bergen, Norway
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...
and then in the Bergen Cathedral School. She entered the
University of Oslo
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, where she received her ''candidata magisterii (Cand. Mag.)'' degree in 1936. On 24 June 1936, she married Harry Hatton (died 1989), an English businessman, who had served in the Royal Navy as well as in merchant ships and later became a mathematics teacher. The couple had two sons.
Moving to London on her marriage, she matriculated as a part-time student at
University College, London
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, where she continued to work on the doctoral thesis that she had begun in Norway. Working with
G. J. Renier Gustaaf Johannes Petrus Renier (25 September 1892, Flushing – 1 September 1962, Twickenham) was professor of Dutch History at University College London.
Early life
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and Mark A. Thomson, she completed her PhD degree in 1947 with her thesis on "Diplomatic relations between Great Britain and the Dutch Republic, 1714–1721."
Academic career
While still a graduate student, she became a part-time teacher. She was appointed Assistant Lecturer at the London School of Economics in 1949 and rose to become Lecturer in 1950, and Reader in 1958. In 1968, she was named Professor of International History. She was appointed Professor Emeritus in 1981. She served as Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, 1974–1978, and Chairman of the History Department,
London School of Economics
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, 1978–1981.
She served on the London Honours Board of Examiners in History, 1964–68, and was an external examiner in history for the
University of Nottingham
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, 1965–69, the
University of Edinburgh
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, 1965–70,
Queens University, Belfast
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, 1972–73, and the
University of Warwick
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, 1975–77. She served as a member of Council of the
Royal Historical Society
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Origins
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, 1979–1983.
Honours
* Fellow,
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
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, 1954
* Honorary Foreign Member
American Historical Association
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, 1979
* Honorary Corresponding Member, La Academia Panamanena de la Historia
* Ridder (Knight), First Class, Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, 1983
* Honorary
Doctor of Humane Letters
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,
Ohio State University
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, 1985
* Commander of the
Order of the Polar Star
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, 1986
* French Palmes Académiques, 1988
* Senior Fellow,
British Academy
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It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...
, 1993
Published works
Books
* ''Diplomatic relations between Great Britain and the Dutch Republic, 1714–1721''. Published for The Anglo-Netherlands Society by East & West Ltd, 1950.
* ''Captain James Jefferye's letters to the Secretary of state, Whitehall, from the Swedish army, 1707–1709''. Edited by Ragnhild Hatton. ''Historiska handlingar'' vol. 35:1 (1954).
* '' William III and
Louis XIV
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: essays 1680–1720 by and for Mark A. Thomson''; edited by Ragnhild Hatton and J. S. Bromley; with an introductory memoir by George Clark. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1968.
* ''
Charles XII of Sweden
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.'' London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968.
* ''Europe in the age of
Louis XIV
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''. London: Thames and Hudson, 1969.
* ''Studies in diplomatic history: essays in memory of David Bayne Horn'', edited by Ragnhild Hatton and M. S. Anderson. Harlow: Longmans, 1970.
* ''A history of European ideas'', by Erik Lund, Mogens Pihl, Johannes Sløk; edited with a preface by Ragnhild Hatton; translated from the Danish by
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. London: Hurst, 1971.
* ''
Louis XIV
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and his world''. London: Thames and Hudson, 1972.
* ''
Charles XII
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''. London: Historical Association, 1974.
* ''
Louis XIV
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and
absolutism
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Government
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'', edited by Ragnhild Hatton. London: Macmillan, 1976.
* ''
Louis XIV
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and Europe'', edited by Ragnhild Hatton. London: Macmillan, 1976.
* '' George I: elector and king''. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.
* ''The Anglo-Hanoverian connection, 1714–1760: The Creighton Trust Lecture 1982, delivered before the University of London on Monday 15 November 1982''. London: University of London, 1982.
* ''Karl XII av Sverige: n biografi'. översättning: Claes Gripenberg och John Rumenius. Köping: Lindfors, 1985.
Major Contributions
In addition to being a contributor to ''
The New Cambridge Modern History
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'', volumes VI and VII, and to journals, including ''European Studies Review'', ''Journal of Modern History'', and ''XVII Siecle'', she contributed to the following works:
* K. Bourne and D. C. Watt, editors, ''Studies in International History''. Longmans, Green, 1967.
* J. C. Rule, editor, ''Louis XIV and the Craft of Kingship'', Ohio State University Press, 1970.
* Paul Fritz and David Williams, editors, ''The Triumph of Culture: Eighteenth-Century Perspectives'', A. M. Hakkert, 1972
* T. Hunczak, editor, ''Russian Imperialism from Ivan the Great to the Revolution'', New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1974.
* Francoise-Marie Arouet de
Voltaire
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, ''The History of
Charles XII
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, King of Sweden'', translated by Antonia White with an introduction by Ragnhild Hatton. London: Folio, 1976.
*
A. G. Dickens
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, editor, ''The Courts of Europe: Politics, Patronage and Royalty, 1400–1800'', London: Thames & Hudson, 1977.
* ''Les Relations Franco-Autrichiennes sous Louis XIV'', Saint-Cyr-Coetquidan, 1983.