F. S. Northedge


Frederick Samuel Northedge was a British Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics.

Early life and education

He attended Bemrose Grammar School in Derby. Northedge then read classics at Merton College, Oxford, before moving on to study international relations at the London School of Economics.

Personal life

The Northedge Essay Competition was established in 1986 to recognize Professor Northedge's contribution to the creation of the journal Millennium.

Selected publications

The troubled giant; Britain among the great powers, 1916-1939 Foreign Policies of the Powers A hundred years of international relations with M.J. Grieve, Descent from Power: British Foreign Policy, 1945-1973 The International Political System Britain and Soviet Communism: The Impact of Revolution