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Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (20 November 1937 – 6 October 2010) was a South African-born Australian historian of American history who also worked in the United States. Isaac and his twin brother Glynn were born in Cape Town, South Africa, to William Edwyn Isaac and Frances Margaret Leighton, both professional botanists. Isaac earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Cape Town. In 1959 he was the Cape Province Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College (Oxford), earning his Ph.D. in 1962.

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  • ريس إسحاق (بالإنجليزية: Rhys Isaac)‏ هو مؤرخ جنوب أفريقي، ولد في 20 نوفمبر 1937 في كيب تاون في جنوب أفريقيا، وتوفي في 7 أكتوبر 2010 في Blairgowrie ‏ في أستراليا بسبب سرطان. (ar)
  • Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (* 20. November 1937 in Kapstadt, Südafrikanische Union; † 6. Oktober 2010 in Blairgowrie, Victoria) war ein südafrikanischer Historiker. (de)
  • Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (né le 20 novembre 1937 à Le Cap en Afrique du Sud – mort le 6 octobre 2010 à Blairgowrie, en Australie) est un historien sud-africain et australien. Spécialiste d'histoire américaine, il fait la plus grande partie de sa carrière en Australie, et remporte un prix Pulitzer d'histoire en 1983 pour son ouvrage The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790. (fr)
  • Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (20 November 1937 – 6 October 2010) was a South African-born Australian historian of American history who also worked in the United States. Isaac and his twin brother Glynn were born in Cape Town, South Africa, to William Edwyn Isaac and Frances Margaret Leighton, both professional botanists. Isaac earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Cape Town. In 1959 he was the Cape Province Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College (Oxford), earning his Ph.D. in 1962. In 1963 Isaac emigrated to Australia, where he taught at the University of Melbourne, and later at La Trobe University (1971–91), where he was emeritus professor of American history. In 1975 he was a distinguished visiting professor of early American history at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Isaac won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790 (1982), becoming the first and only Australian historian to win a Pulitzer Prize. In 2004 Isaac published Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and Rebellion on a Virginia Plantation, which made use of the exemplary diary of a Virginian landholder and member of the House of Burgesses. (en)
  • Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (Città del Capo, 20 novembre 1937 – Melbourne, 6 ottobre 2010) è stato uno storico sudafricano naturalizzato australiano.È stato professore emerito di storia americana presso La Trobe University fino alla sua morte e Distinguished Visiting Professor di storia americana presso il College di William e Mary di Williamsburg. Nel 1983 ha vinto il Premio Pulitzer per la storia grazie al suo libro The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790. Isaac è l'unico storico australiano ad aver vinto un Premio Pulitzer Nel 2005 ha pubblicato Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and Rebellion on a Virginia Plantation. (it)
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  • ريس إسحاق (بالإنجليزية: Rhys Isaac)‏ هو مؤرخ جنوب أفريقي، ولد في 20 نوفمبر 1937 في كيب تاون في جنوب أفريقيا، وتوفي في 7 أكتوبر 2010 في Blairgowrie ‏ في أستراليا بسبب سرطان. (ar)
  • Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (* 20. November 1937 in Kapstadt, Südafrikanische Union; † 6. Oktober 2010 in Blairgowrie, Victoria) war ein südafrikanischer Historiker. (de)
  • Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (né le 20 novembre 1937 à Le Cap en Afrique du Sud – mort le 6 octobre 2010 à Blairgowrie, en Australie) est un historien sud-africain et australien. Spécialiste d'histoire américaine, il fait la plus grande partie de sa carrière en Australie, et remporte un prix Pulitzer d'histoire en 1983 pour son ouvrage The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790. (fr)
  • Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (20 November 1937 – 6 October 2010) was a South African-born Australian historian of American history who also worked in the United States. Isaac and his twin brother Glynn were born in Cape Town, South Africa, to William Edwyn Isaac and Frances Margaret Leighton, both professional botanists. Isaac earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Cape Town. In 1959 he was the Cape Province Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College (Oxford), earning his Ph.D. in 1962. (en)
  • Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (Città del Capo, 20 novembre 1937 – Melbourne, 6 ottobre 2010) è stato uno storico sudafricano naturalizzato australiano.È stato professore emerito di storia americana presso La Trobe University fino alla sua morte e Distinguished Visiting Professor di storia americana presso il College di William e Mary di Williamsburg. Nel 1983 ha vinto il Premio Pulitzer per la storia grazie al suo libro The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790. Isaac è l'unico storico australiano ad aver vinto un Premio Pulitzer (it)
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  • ريس إسحاق (ar)
  • Rhys Isaac (de)
  • Rhys Isaac (fr)
  • Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (it)
  • Rhys Isaac (en)
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