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Heatley, David Playfair, 1868-1944 (Reader Emeritus in Political Science and Mackay Lecturer in History, University of Edinburgh)

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David Playfair Heatley was born in Northumbria in 1867. He was educated at Edinburgh's Royal High School and then studied in the Arts at Edinburgh University from 1884 until 1890, but did not graduate. Until 1892, he carried out research at the University looking at Northumbria at the time of Aidan. His subsequent career was spent in teaching History at the University of Edinburgh. Heatley was an Assistant from 1892, a Lecturer in Modern History and Political Science from 1900, and Reader in Political Science from 1920 until 1935. He was also Official Adviser in Arts between 1907 and 1915, and was a member of Senatus, 1924 to 1935. Heatley also represented the Civil Service Commissioners on committees for appointments for several years. His publications, often written under the pseudonym of Politicus, include Studies in British history and politics (1913), Diplomacy and the study of international relations (1919), and Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1934). David Playfair Heatley died at Rothbury, Northumberland, on 20 September 1944.

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Papers of David Playfair (D. P.) Heatley

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Identifier: Coll-243
Scope and Contents The papers of D. P. Heatley include, at Dk.6.5-7, manuscripts of unpublished works on political science, these being on the subjects of :"The mind of Britain in politics"; "Britain, the USA, and the comity of nations"; "The politics of Richard Hooker"; "Shakespeare and Bacon on human nature and politics"; and "A humanist view of a political classic". There is also some material for a memoir.At Gen. 825/1-2 there are certificates mainly for classes taken at the University of...
Dates: 1880-c 1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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