Richard Aldous is a British historian and biographer. Born in Essex, Aldous was educated at the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

. In 2006 he was made head of school at the department of history and archives in UCD. Aldous wrote books about

Malcolm Sargent Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (29 April 1895 – 3 October 1967) was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. The musical ensembles with which he was associated include ...

, Harold Macmillan, a twin-biography about Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone, a study of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher's political relationship, as well as a biography of

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. (; born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger; October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. The son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. and a s ...

Since 2010 he is the Eugene Meyer Professor of British History and Literature at

Bard College Bard College is a private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, and is within the Hudson River Historic District—a National Historic Landmark. Founded in 1860, ...

in New York. He is also a Contributing Editor for

The American Interest ''The American Interest'' (''AI'') was a bimonthly magazine focusing primarily on foreign policy, international affairs, global economics, and military matters. History The magazine was founded in 2005 by a number of members of the editori ...

Works

* ''Tunes Of Glory: The Life of Malcolm Sargent''. Hutchinson 2001, . * ''Macmillan, Eisenhower And The Cold War'' 2005, . * ''The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone vs Disraeli''. Hutchinson 2006, . * ''Great Irish Speeches''. Quercus, Dublin 2007, . * ''Reagan and Thatcher. The Difficult Relationship''. Hutchinson 2012, . * ''Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian''. W. W. Norton & Company, New York 2017, . * ''Tony Ryan: Ireland's Aviator''. Gill Books, 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aldous, Richard Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British historians