In 1954, Alymer went to Manchester University as an assistant lecturer, and in the following year married Ursula Nixon. Appointed lecturer at Manchester in 1962, he was then invited, aged 36, to become the first Professor of History at University of York. In 1979, he returned to Oxford as Master of St Peter's College, presiding over an improvement in academic performance at the college, increased endowment and building extensions before retiring in 1991. He remained an active publisher for the remaining nine years of his life before dying in hospital following what appeared to be routine surgery.
Aylmer was on the Editorial Board of the History of Parliament Trust from 1968 to 1998, and chaired the board from 1989 to 1997. A Commissioner for Historical Manuscripts from 1978, he chaired the Commission from 1989 to 1989. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1976, and President of the Royal Historical Society between 1984 and 1988.
Aylmer's most substantial historical contribution was his trilogy on seventeenth-century administration before, during and after the Civil War. Alymer brought a prosopographical method to the study of 17th century bureaucracy, as well as an interest in the political sociology of bureaucracy in Max Weber, James Burnham and Milovan Djilas. The first volume – a careful statistical study of Charles I's officials – effectively rebutted Hugh Trevor-Roper's attribution of the rise of the gentry to the profits of royal office, and characterisation of the Civil War as a conflict between 'rising' and 'declining' gentry. The second volume showed that Interregnum reforms had real, if not absolute, effects; the third, published posthumously, treated the partial return to older practices under Charles II. In this final volume, Aylmer described himself as "an old Whig (and one with some residual Leveller leanings too)".[1]
Worksedit
The King's Servants. The Civil Service of Charles I, 1961
The State's Servants. The Civil Service of the English Republic, 1649-1660, 1973. ISBN978-0-7100-7637-3
The Struggle for the Constitution 1603-88, 1963. 4th ed, 1975.
(ed.) The Interregnum: the Quest for Settlement, 1972
^William Sheils, 'Select Bibliography', in John Morrill, Paul Slack and Daniel Woolf, eds, Public Duty and Private Conscience in Seventeenth-Century England: Essays Presented to G. E. Aylmer, Oxford, 2003.
Keith Thomas, 'Gerald Edward Aylmer, 1926-2000', Proceedings of the British Academy, 124 (2004), 3-21
Austin Woolrych, 'Gerald Aylmer: Historian who always blended authority with humanity' (obituary), The Guardian, 29 December 2000
gerald, aylmer, other, people, named, disambiguation, gerald, edward, aylmer, frhists, april, 1926, greete, shropshire, december, 2000, oxford, english, historian, 17th, century, england, borngerald, edward, aylmer30, april, 1926greete, shropshire, england, un. For other people named Gerald Aylmer see Gerald Aylmer disambiguation Gerald Edward Aylmer FRHistS FBA 30 April 1926 Greete Shropshire 17 December 2000 Oxford was an English historian of 17th century England Gerald AylmerBornGerald Edward Aylmer30 April 1926Greete Shropshire England United KingdomDied17 December 2000 2000 12 17 aged 74 Oxford Oxfordshire England United KingdomOccupationHistorianParent s Edward Arthur Aylmer Phoebe EvansGerald Aylmer was the only child of Edward Arthur Aylmer from an Anglo Irish naval family and Phoebe Evans A great uncle was Lord Desborough Educated at Beaudesert Park School and Winchester College he went to Balliol College Oxford for a term before volunteering for the Navy where he was a shipmate of George Melly Returning to Balliol he was tutored by Christopher Hill He graduated in 1950 spent a year at Princeton University as a Jane Eliza Procter Visiting Fellow and completed his thesis Studies on the Institutions and Personnel of English Central Administration 1625 42 1954 as a Junior Research Fellow at Balliol The thesis in two volumes was 1208 pages long the Modern History Board subsequently introduced a word limit In 1954 Alymer went to Manchester University as an assistant lecturer and in the following year married Ursula Nixon Appointed lecturer at Manchester in 1962 he was then invited aged 36 to become the first Professor of History at University of York In 1979 he returned to Oxford as Master of St Peter s College presiding over an improvement in academic performance at the college increased endowment and building extensions before retiring in 1991 He remained an active publisher for the remaining nine years of his life before dying in hospital following what appeared to be routine surgery In 1993 Aylmer was honoured with a festschrift edited by his long time colleagues John Morrill and Paul Slack and his former doctoral student Daniel Woolf Aylmer was on the Editorial Board of the History of Parliament Trust from 1968 to 1998 and chaired the board from 1989 to 1997 A Commissioner for Historical Manuscripts from 1978 he chaired the Commission from 1989 to 1989 He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1976 and President of the Royal Historical Society between 1984 and 1988 Aylmer s most substantial historical contribution was his trilogy on seventeenth century administration before during and after the Civil War Alymer brought a prosopographical method to the study of 17th century bureaucracy as well as an interest in the political sociology of bureaucracy in Max Weber James Burnham and Milovan Djilas The first volume a careful statistical study of Charles I s officials effectively rebutted Hugh Trevor Roper s attribution of the rise of the gentry to the profits of royal office and characterisation of the Civil War as a conflict between rising and declining gentry The second volume showed that Interregnum reforms had real if not absolute effects the third published posthumously treated the partial return to older practices under Charles II In this final volume Aylmer described himself as an old Whig and one with some residual Leveller leanings too 1 Works editThe King s Servants The Civil Service of Charles I 1961 The State s Servants The Civil Service of the English Republic 1649 1660 1973 ISBN 978 0 7100 7637 3 The Struggle for the Constitution 1603 88 1963 4th ed 1975 ed The Interregnum the Quest for Settlement 1972 The Levellers in the English Revolution 1975 ISBN 978 0 8014 0957 8 ed as microfilm edition The Clarke Manuscripts at Worcester College Oxford 1979 with John Morrill The Civil War and Interregnum Sources for Local Historians 1979 Rebellion or Revolution England 1640 1660 1986 The Crown s Servants Government and Civil Service under Charles II 1660 85 2002 ISBN 978 0 19 820826 6Aylmer s publications up to 1990 are listed in his Festschrift 2 References edit The Crown s Servants 5 quoted in Thomas 15 William Sheils Select Bibliography in John Morrill Paul Slack and Daniel Woolf eds Public Duty and Private Conscience in Seventeenth Century England Essays Presented to G E Aylmer Oxford 2003 Keith Thomas Gerald Edward Aylmer 1926 2000 Proceedings of the British Academy 124 2004 3 21 Austin Woolrych Gerald Aylmer Historian who always blended authority with humanity obituary The Guardian 29 December 2000 Obituary The Telegraph External links editPeter Aylmer Gerald Aylmer foremost authority on the 17th century English stateAcademic officesPreceded byJ C Holt President of the Royal Historical Society1985 1989 Succeeded byFrancis Michael Longstreth Thompson Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gerald Aylmer amp oldid 1152162848, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
