John Hiden

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John William Hiden (1940-2012) was a British historian who was emeritus professor of Baltic studies at Bradford University and senior research fellow at Glasgow University. He was a specialist in modern German history and the history of the Baltic republics.

John Hiden

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Hiden was born in London on 21 February 1940, and educated at Acton County Grammar School. He receiving his PhD from the University of London in 1970. His thesis was published as The Baltic States and Weimar Ostpolitik in 1987.[1][2]

Career

Hiden was emeritus professor of Baltic studies at Bradford University and senior research fellow at Glasgow University.[1]

Death

Hiden died on 10 August 2012. He was survived by his wife, Juliet, whom he married in 1963, and their two children.[1]

Selected publications

  • The Weimar Republic. Longman, 1974. (Second edition 1996) (Seminar Studies in History)
  • Germany and Europe, 1919-39. 1977.
  • Explaining Hitler's Germany. 1983. (With John Farquharson)
  • The Baltic States and Weimar Ostpolitik. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1987.
  • Republican and Fascist Germany. 1996.
  • Defender of Minorities: Paul Schiemann, 1876-1944. 2004.
  • Neighbours or Enemies? Germans, the Baltic and Beyond. Rodopi, Amsterdam, 2008. (With Martyn Housden)
  • Ethnic Diversity and the Nation State. 2012. (With David Smith)

References

  1. ^ a b c John Hiden obituary. Martyn Housden, The Guardian, 16 September 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  2. ^ Obituary of John Hiden. Central and Eastern European Review, Vol. 6, 2012. Archived here.]