John P. McKay

John P. McKay
Born	(1938-08-27)August 27, 1938 St. Louis, Missouri.
Died	November 24, 2022(2022-11-24) (aged 84) Urbana, Illinois.
Occupation	Professor Author
Alma mater	Wesleyan University University of California, Berkeley Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Period	1968-2020
Subject	History

John Patrick McKay (August 27, 1938 - November 24, 2022) was an author and professor of history. McKay was born in St. Louis, Missouri, Graduated from Webster Groves High School in 1956, ^{[1] [2]} then earned his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1961, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1968. He became a professor of history at the University of Illinois in 1976, ^[3] where he held the position of Professor Emeritus of history. McKay specialized in modern French history, and nineteenth-century European economic and social history. ^[4] McKay died on November 24, 2022, in Champaign, Illinois.

In 1970 McKay won the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize for his book Pioneers for Profit: Foreign Entrepreneurship and Russian Industrialization, 1885-1913 (1970). He has translated Jules Michelet's The People (1973) and has written Tramways and Trolleys: The Rise of Urban Mass Transport in Europe (1976), as well as more than a hundred articles, book chapters and reviews. He contributed to Imagining the Twentieth Century (1997), edited by Charles C. Stewart and Peter Fritzsche, as well as Europe, 1789-1914 (2006), edited by John Merriman and Jay Winters. ^[3]

Among other publications, McKay has written the textbooks A History of World Societies and A History of Western Society, both published in several editions. A History of Western Society is often used in Advanced Placement European History classes. ^[5]

References

1. "John Mckay Obituary November 24, 2022". Sunset Funeral Home & Cremation Center. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
2. 1956 The Echo. Webster Groves High School. 1956. p. 36.
3. McKay, John P.; Hill, Bennett D.; Buckler, John; Ebrey, Patricia B.; & Beck, Roger B. (2007). A History of World Societies (7th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, vi. ISBN   978-0-618-61093-8.
4. University of Illinois - Department of History. Retrieved on 2009-10-18.
5. "AP European History: Course Audit | AP Central – The College Board". AP Central. 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2018-10-21.