Ian Dyck (23 July 1954 – 15 July 2007) was a Canadian historian noted for his work on William Cobbett, an English radical journalist and politician.[1] Dyck contributed Cobbett's biography to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.[2]
Dyck was the son of Saskatchewan farmers and achieved BA and MA degrees from the University of Saskatchewan. He was an assistant Professor of History at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. In 2007 he died of lymphocytic leukemia.[3]
Works
[edit]- Citizens of the World: Essays on Thomas Paine (editor) (Christopher Helm Publishers, 1987).[4]
- William Cobbett and Rural Popular Culture (Cambridge University Press, 1992).[5][6]
- 'Introduction' in William Cobbett, Rural Rides (Penguin Classics, 2005), pp. vii-xxviii.
References
[edit]- ^ Ian Dyck (1954–2007) biography from History Workshop Journal of Oxford Academic
- ^ Dyck, Ian (2004). "Cobbett, William (1763–1835)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2011-07-23. (subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required)
- ^ "To SFURA; Fwd: Ian Dyck, Associate Professor of History, 1954-2007". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
- ^ Weisberger, R.W. (1988). "Ian Dyck, editor. Citizen of the World. Essays on Thomas Paine". Albion. 20 (3). Cambridge University Press: 476–477. doi:10.2307/4049756.
- ^ Boston, Richard (27 August 1992). "Mutton-fist who had a powerful left swing". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 August 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Browne, Ray (1993). "William Cobbett and Rural Popular Culture by Ian Dyck (Book Review)". Journal of Popular Culture. 27 (1). Wiley-Blackwell: 238. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Ian Dyck at 49th Shelf, Association of Canadian Publishers
- Articles by Ian Dyck at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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