Arthur John Brereton Marwick FRHistS (29 February 1936 – 27 September 2006) was a British social historian, who served for many years as Professor of History at the Open University. His research interests lay primarily in the … See more

Marwick was a left-wing social and cultural historian, but critical of Marxism and other approaches to history that he believed stressed the importance of metanarrative over archival research. He was also a critic of postmodernism.
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• The Explosion of British Society 1914–62 (1963); revised as The Explosion of British Society 1914–1970 (1971)
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Marwick was born on 29 February 1936 in Edinburgh, the younger son of William Hutton Marwick (1894–1982), an economic historian, and his … See more

Marwick worked as an assistant lecturer in history at the University of Aberdeen in 1959–60, before becoming a lecturer in history at the … See more

Marwick had a flamboyant and outgoing personality. A. W. Purdue described him as "alternatively, wonderful, outrageous and dangerous to know. Kind and supportive to … See more

• Anon. (4 October 2006). "Professor Arthur Marwick (obituary)". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
• Emsley, Clive (4 October 2006). "Professor Arthur … See more