Hugh Hale Leigh Bellot (26 January 1890 – 18 February 1969) was an English historian; he was Professor of American History and

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of the

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from 1951 to 1953. His writings were published under the name "H. Hale Bellot".

Early life and education

He was the elder son of Hugh Hale Leigh Bellot MD

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(1860-1927), a

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and alumnus of

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, and Beatrice Violette Clarke, and was born in

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. He was educated at

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and then won a scholarship to

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Career

He was a master at the

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Secondary School (later Henry Thornton Grammar School from 1929 and currently Lambeth Academy) and then

. In 1915 he became a customs clerk until the end of the First World War. In 1921 he was appointed an assistant in history at

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. He became senior lecturer in 1926 and in 1927 moved to the

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as Reader in Modern History. From 1930-1955 he was Professor of American History at London University with a spell as Sir George Watson Lecturer at the

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in 1938 and also from 1940-1944 he was a principal at the

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. He served on the Senate of London University from 1938 to 1956 and held various other positions with the university including as Vice-Chancellor from 1951 to 1953. Much of Bellot's work was as a source discoverer and compiler, and published in academic journals. He was honorary secretary of the

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from 1934 to 1952 and its President from 1952 to 1956.

Publications

*1923: ''"Commerce in War"'' Hugh Hale Leigh Bellot (Author) with Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones c. 1923. Reprinted in paperback, Ulan Press (4 Jun 2011)

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: B009L5AQSQ *1929: ''University College London 1826-1926'' *1933,1934: ''Parliamentary printing, 1630-1837'' *1937: ''The Place of American History in English Education'' *1952: ''American History and American Historians: A Review of Recent Contributions to the Interpretation of the History of the United States'' *1955: ''Woodrow Wilson'' *1956: ''The Leighs in South Carolina'' *1957: ''The Literature of the last half-century on the constitutional history of the United States'' *1959: ''Union list of American historical periodicals in United Kingdom libraries''

References

External links

Bellot Papers
University of Manchester Library
Bellot Printed Collection
University of Manchester Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Bellot, Hugh Hale Leigh People educated at Bedales School Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Academics of University College London Academics of the Victoria University of Manchester Academics of the University of Birmingham People associated with the University of London Vice-chancellors of the University of London Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Presidents of the Royal Historical Society 1890 births 1969 deaths People from Addlestone

Early life and education

Career

Publications

See also

References

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