Michael Denis Biddiss (born 1942) is emeritus professor of history at the University of Reading. He specialises in the history of the development of racist ideology, and the

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Early life

Michael Denis Biddiss was born in 1942.

Career

Biddiss was formerly with

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, University of Cambridge. He has been professor of history at the

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since 1979 (emeritus since 2004), and was dean of letters and social sciences from 1982 to 1985. He was president of the

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from 1991 to 1994. He specialises in the history of the development of racist ideology.

Selected publications

* ''The age of the masses: Ideas and society in Europe since 1870''. Penguin, 1977. * ''Father of racist ideology: The social and political thought of Count Gobineau''. Weybright & Talley, New York, 1970. Reviewed Work: ''Father of Racist Ideology: The Social and Political Thought of Count Gobineau''
by Michael D. Biddiss Review by: George W. Stocking, Jr. American Journal of Sociology Vol. 77, No. 2 (Sep., 1971), pp. 349-351. Retrieved 6 December 2015. * ''Gobineau: Selected political writings''. Jonathan Cape, London, 1970. (Editor and introduction) ( Roots of the Right series) * ''Thatcherism: Personality and politics''. Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1987. (Edited with Kenneth R. Minogue) * ''Images of race''.

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, Leicester, 1979. (Editor) * ''The uses and abuses of antiquity''. Peter Lang, 1999. (Editor with

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) * ''Themes in modern European history, 1890-1945''. Routledge, 2009. (Edited with

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) * ''The Wiley-Blackwell dictionary of modern European history since 1789''. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. (Edited with Nicholas Atkin and

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References

Academics of the University of Cambridge 1942 births British historians Historians of fascism Academics of the University of Reading Living people {{UK-historian-stub