J. H. Plumb, 'The Atomic Historian', New Statesman (1 August 1969), quoted in John Kenyon, The History Men: The Historical Profession in England since the Renaissance (1983; rev. edn. 1993), p. 270
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Namier was blessed, or cursed, by an enormous weight of temperament.
— J. H. Plumb on Lewis Namier
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About J. H. Plumb
Sir John (Jack) Harold Plumb FBA (20 August 1911 – 21 October 2001) was a British historian, known for his books on British 18th-century history. He wrote over thirty books.
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