P. D. G. Thomas

Peter David Garner Thomas (b. 1 May 1930) is a Welsh historian specialising in eighteenth century British and American politics.

Thomas was born in Bangor, Wales and went to University College of North Wales and University College London.^[1]

He wrote 24 biographies for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.^[2]

Works

• The House of Commons in the Eighteenth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971).
• British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763–1767 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975).
• Lord North (London: Allen Lane, 1976).
• (editor, with R. C. Simmons) Proceedings and Debates of the British Parliaments Respecting North America, 1754–1783, six volumes, Kraus International (Millwood, NY), 1982–86.
• The English Satirical Print, 1600–1832: The American Revolution (Chadwyck-Healey, 1986).
• The Townshend Duties Crisis: The Second Phase of the American Revolution, 1767–1773 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987).
• Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773–1776 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991).
• Revolution in America: Britain and the Colonies, 1763-1776 (University of Wales Press, 1992).
• John Wilkes: A Friend to Liberty (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996).
• George III: King and Politicians 1760-1770 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002).

Notes

1. Thomas' entry at encyclopedia.com
2. Contributor page at the ODNB