A. G. Dickens (1910 – 31 July 2001[1]) was an English academic and author. He was born in Yorkshire in 1910. Educated at Oxford University, he served during World War II in the Royal Artillery. From 1949 until 1962 he was professor of history at the University of Hull and in 1962 he moved to the professor of history at King's College London. He died in London at the age of 91.[2] His book on the English Reformation was, for many years the standard text on the subject, relying as it did on detailed examination of parish records. He was a fellow of the British Academy.
Bibliography
- The English Reformation, Batsford, 1964 ISBN 0-00-633064-9
- Lollards and Protestants in the Diocese of York, 1959
- Thomas Cromwell and the English Reformation, 1959
- Reformation and Society in Sixteenth Century Europe, 1966
