Christopher Dawson

Christopher Henry Dawson FBA (12 October 1889 – 25 May 1970) was an English Catholic historian, independent scholar, who wrote many books on cultural history and emphasized the necessity for Western culture to be in continuity with Christianity not to stagnate and deteriorate. Dawson has been called "the greatest English-speaking Catholic historian of the twentieth century" and was recognized as being able to expound his thought to "Catholic and Protestant, Christian and non-Christian."

For other people with the same name, see Chris Dawson (disambiguation).

Christopher Dawson

FBA
Born(1889-10-12)12 October 1889
Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye, Brecknockshire, Wales
Died25 May 1970(1970-05-25) (aged 80)
Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England
OccupationHistorian
Academic background
EducationTrinity College, Oxford Winchester College
Academic work
Main interestsCultural history

The 1988–1989 academic year at the College of Europe was named in Dawson's honour.

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