Theodore William Moody

Who was Theodore William Moody?

Theodore William Moody was an Irish revisionist historian. He was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's University Belfast. In 1930 he went to the Institute of Historical Research in London, and graduated with a PhD in 1934. He was Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin, from 1940 to 1977, when he became professor emeritus. With Robert Dudley Edwards, he founded Irish Historical Studies and The Irish Committee of Historical Sciences and began publication of A New History of Ireland.

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