Ian Dyck
Encyclopedia
Ian Dyck was a Canadian
historian noted for his work on William Cobbett
, an English radical journalist and politician.
Dyck was the son of Saskatchewan
farmers and achieved BA and MA degrees from the University of Saskatchewan
. In 2007 he died of lymphocytic leukemia.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
historian noted for his work on William Cobbett
William Cobbett
William Cobbett was an English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist, who was born in Farnham, Surrey. He believed that reforming Parliament and abolishing the rotten boroughs would help to end the poverty of farm labourers, and he attacked the borough-mongers, sinecurists and "tax-eaters" relentlessly...
, an English radical journalist and politician.
Dyck was the son of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
farmers and achieved BA and MA degrees from the University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...
. In 2007 he died of lymphocytic leukemia.
Works
- Citizens of the World: Essays on Thomas Paine (editor) (Christopher Helm Publishers, 1987).
- William Cobett and Rural Popular Culture (Cambridge university Press, 1992).
- ‘Introduction’ in William Cobett, Rural Rides (Penguin Classics, 2005), pp. vii-xxviii.