Kenneth O. Morgan

Kenneth Owen Morgan, Baron Morgan of Aberdyfi in the County of Gwynedd FBA ( born May 16, 1934) is a historian, university lecturer and Labour Party politician, who is a life peer member of the House of Lords since 2000. Lord Morgan, through his numerous publications of literature and biographies to those skilled in the history of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and in particular to the history of Wales and the Labour Party.

Life

After schooling Morgan holds a degree in historical sciences, and was after graduation 1965-1966 Lecturer and most recently since 1965 Senior Lecturer in History at the University College of Swansea. He was an active 1962-1963 as a visiting scientist ( Visiting Fellow ) at the American Council of Learned Societies ( ACLS ) at Columbia University and in 1965 as Visiting Professor dortiger.

Mid-1960s, Morgan was a wider public begannt as he casually 1964-1979 worked as an election Rapporteur on the radio and television program of the BBC. After completing his work at the University College of Swansea, he was from 1966 to 1989 Fellow and Praelector for modern history and political science at Queen's College, University of Oxford and at the same time from 1967 to 1989 Lecturer at the University of Oxford. In addition, he was 1972-2003 Member of the Council for Celtic Studies and is a member of the Welsh Political Archive since 1985.

After completing his teaching at the University of Oxford from 1989 to 1995 he was Vice- Chancellor of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and at the same time between 1993 and 1995 and Executive Vice Chancellor of the University of Wales. During this time, he was from 1989 to 1995 a member of the Council of the National Library of Wales. He then returned in 1995 as a Lecturer at the University of Cambridge back and was in addition also between 1995 and 1999 research professor at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. In the following years he also took several visiting professorships, and was in 1997 at the University of Cape Town, between 1997 and 2000. At Witwatersrand University, and in 2000 at the University of Bristol In addition, he was in both 1994 and 1999 Visiting Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin and since 1999 honorary professor at Swansea University.

By Letters Patent of June 12, 2000 Morgan was raised as a life peer with the title Baron Morgan of Aberdyfi in the County of Gwynedd to the peerage. Shortly thereafter, on July 12, 2000, his introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the upper house he belongs to the Group of the Labour Party and was between 2001 and 2004, among other member of the House of Lords Committee on the Constitution, and in 2008 a member of the United Committee of Parliament for the bill to renew the Constitution.

Since 2011, Lord Morgan, who from 2002 to 2003 Member of the monarchy Committee of the Fabian Society, and in 2007 again a guest lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, Visiting Professor at King's College London.

Honors and Awards

For his achievements in research, teaching and policy, he has won several awards and in 1985 Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales, Swansea and 1991-1992 Associate Fellow at Jesus College, University of Oxford. In addition, he was Honorary Fellow of Queen's College, University of Oxford ( 1992), the University of Wales, Cardiff ( 1997), Trinity College Carmarthen (1998) and at Oriel College, University of Oxford ( 2003).

In addition, were Lord Morgan, who is since 1964 a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the British Academy since 1983, awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Wales (1997), the University of Glamorgan (1997) and the University of Greenwich ( 2004). In addition, he was honorary bard of the Gorsedd of the 2008 National Eisteddfod of Wales in 2009 and awarded the Gold Medal of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion for his life's work.

Publications

In addition to teaching Morgan was 1965-2003 editor of the journal Welsh History Review, and at the same time from 1994 to 1999 by 20th Century British History. Through his numerous publications of literature and biographies of figures such as Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, Aneurin Bevan, James Callaghan, Michael Foot, James Griffiths, Keir Hardie and David Lloyd George to the person skilled in the contemporary history of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and in particular to the history of Wales and the Labour Party. His major publications include:

• Wales in British Politics 1868-1922 (1963, 3rd edition 1980)
• David Lloyd George - Welsh Radical as World Statesman (1963, 2nd edition 1964)
• Freedom or Sacrilege? (1966)
• Keir Hardie (1967 )
• The Age of Lloyd George (1971, 3rd edition 1983)
• Lloyd George - Family Letters 1885-1936 (1973 )
• Lloyd George (1974 )
• Keir Hardie - Radical and Socialist (1975 )
• Consensus and Disunity - the Lloyd George Coalition Government 1918-1922 (1979 )
• Portrait of a Progressive - the Political Career of Christopher, Viscount Addison ( co-author Jane Morgan, 1980)
• Rebirth of a Nation - Wales 1880-1980 (1981 )
• David Lloyd George 1863-1945 (1981 )
• Welsh Society and Nationhood - Historical Essays ( co-editor, 1984)
• The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain (Editor, 1984, last edition 2009 )
• Labour in Power 1945-1951 (1984 )
• Labour People - Leaders and Lieutenants, Hardie to Kinnock ( 1987)
• The Oxford History of Britain (Editor, 1988, last edition 2010 )
• The Red Dragon and the Red Flag - The Cases of James Griffiths and Aneurin Bevan (1989 )
• The People 's Peace - British History since 1945 (1990, last edition 2001 )
• Modern Wales, Politics, Places and People (1995 )
• Young Oxford History of Britain and Ireland (editor, 1996)
• Callaghan: A Life (1997)
• Crime, Protest and Police in British Society ( co-editor, 1999)
• The Twentieth Century (2001)
• The Great Reform Act (2001)
• Michael Foot: A Life (2007)
• Ages of Reform ( 2011)