Peter Parish

Peter J. Parish was a British historian specializing in American history, born in Essex, England, in 1929. He was evacuated to Oxfordshire during World War II and excelled as an undergraduate at University College London in the late 1940s, earning the only first-class honors in history in his year. He authored notable works such as 'The American Civil War,' 'Slavery: History and Historians,' and 'Reader's Guide to American History.'