Alan Atkinson (historian)

Alan Thomas Atkinson
Atkinson at the 2023 NSW Premier's History Awards
Born	1946 (age 77–78)
Awards	Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1993) Ernest Scott Prize (1989, 2005, 2015, 2023) Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction (1997, 2015) Trevor Reese Memorial Prize (1998) Centenary Medal (2001) Victorian Prize for Literature (2015)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Sydney (BA) (MA hons) (Hon DLitt) Australian National University (PhD) Trinity College Dublin (M.Ed)
Thesis	The Political Life of James Macarthur (1976)
Doctoral advisor	A. W. Martin
Academic work
Institutions	Australian National University Murdoch University University of New England
Main interests	Colonial history
Notable works
Website	https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/alan-atkinson

Alan Thomas Atkinson, FAHA (born 1946) is an Australian historian, academic and author. He is emeritus Professor at the University of Western Australia. Atkinson is the only historian to have won the Ernest Scott Prize more than twice (four in total). He has been described as "one of Australia's greatest ever historians".^[1]