Denis Mack Smith
Denis Mack Smith CBE FBA FRSL (March 3, 1920 – July 11, 2017) was an English historian who specialized in the history of Italy from the Risorgimento onwards. He is best known for his biographies of Garibaldi, Cavour and Mussolini, and for his single-volume Modern Italy: A Political History. He was named Grand Official of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1996.
Denis Mack Smith CBE FBA FRSL | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1920 |
| Died | July 11, 2017 (aged 97) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Cambridge |
| Academic advisors | Herbert Butterfield |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Italian history, modern history |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge (1947–62) University of Oxford (1962–87) |
| Doctoral students | Christopher Duggan |
| Main interests | Risorgimento, Italian fascism |
| Notable works | Modern Italy: A Political History |
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