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Arnold Joseph Toynbee CH FBA ( / ˈtɔɪnbi /; 14 April 1889 – 22 October 1975) was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and King's College London.
Arnold J. Toynbee was an English historian whose 12-volume A Study of History (1934–61) put forward a philosophy of history, based on an analysis of the cyclical development and decline of civilizations, that provoked much discussion. Toynbee was a nephew of the 19th-century economist Arnold.
Arnold Joseph Toynbee CH (April 14, 1889 – October 22, 1975) was a British historian whose twelve-volume analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations, A Study of History, 1934-1961, was a monumental synthesis of world history, a metahistory based on universal rhythms of rise, flowering and decline, which examined history from a global ...
Arnold Toynbee (born August 23, 1852, London, England—died March 9, 1883, Wimbledon) was an English economist and social reformer noted for his public service activities on behalf of the working class. Toynbee, the son of a surgeon, graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1878.
Arnold Joseph Toynbee was in the twentieth century the foremost contemporary representative of what is sometimes termed "speculative philosophy of history." In some respects he occupied a position analogous to that of Henry Thomas Buckle in the nineteenth century.
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May 14, 2018 · The first intellectual influence of importance in the life of the English economist Arnold Toynbee (1852-1883) was his father, Joseph, a surgeon and fellow of the Royal Society. Guided by his father, Toynbee developed a taste for the finer models of English prose, especially the Bible, Milton, Gibbon, and Burke.
Oct 21, 2016 · Died 22 October 1975 in York, Great Britain. During World War I, Arnold J. Toynbee, as a member of the Political Intelligence Department, was charged with preparing analyses on the Middle East for the Paris Peace Conference.
Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life. William H. McNeill. Oxford University Press, USA, Apr 20, 1989 - Historians - 368 pages. One of the most remarkable thinkers of this century, Arnold Toynbee won...
May 22, 2020 · A study of history. by. Toynbee, Arnold, 1889-1975. Publication date. 1954. Topics. Civilization, History -- Philosophy, Historical geography -- Maps, Civilization, Historical geography, History -- Philosophy, Geschichtsphilosophie, Weltgeschichte. Publisher. London, New York Oxford University Press.
May 28, 2015 · This article surveys the work of the controversial historian and internationalist Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975). In particular, it examines Toynbee’s understanding of foreign politics and his constant search for a stable world order.
