Fredrik Albritton Jonsson
Fredrik Albritton Jonsson | |
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.jpg) Professor Jonsson in 2026 | |
| Title | Associate Professor of History |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Cambridge (MPhil) University of Chicago (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | Environmental history History of science and technology Political economy |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
Main interests | British history The Enlightenment Cornucopianism Fossil fuel |
Fredrik Albritton Jonsson (b 1972)[1] is an associate professor of history and chair of the Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization (CEGU) at the University of Chicago.[2] He is the Author of Enlightenment's Frontier: The Scottish Highlands and the Origins of Environmentalism[3] and the coauthor, with Vicky Albritton, of Green Victorians: The Simple Life in John Ruskin's Lake District.[4] He is coauthor, with Carl Wennerlind, of Scarcity: A History from the Origins of Capitalism to the Climate Crisis.[5] With Frank Trentmann, John Brewer and Neil Fromer, he is the editor of Scarcity in the Modern World: History, Politics, Society and Sustainability 1800-2075.[6] With Rachael Osborn, Mark Fiege and Will Wright, he authored an amicus brief of environmental historians for Juliana v. United States.[7] He currently serves as the co-editor of The Journal of Modern History.[8] He is also Associate Editor of the journal Anthropocene History.[9] He received the Quantrell Award in 2026.[10]
References
- ↑ "Jonsson, Fredrik Albritton, 1972-". Databáze Národní knihovny ČR. The National Library of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ↑ "Fredrik Albritton Jonsson". University of Chicago Department of History.
- ↑ Albritton Jonsson, Fredrik (2013). Enlightenment's Frontier: The Scottish Highlands and the Origins of Environmentalism. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300162547.
- ↑ Albritton, Vicky; Jonsson, Fredrik Albritton (2016). Green Victorians: the simple life in John Ruskin's Lake District. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-33998-6.
- ↑ Albritton Jonsson, Fredrik; Wennerlind, Carl. (2023). Scarcity: A History from the Origins of Capitalism and the Climate Crisis. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-98708-1
- ↑ Trentmann, Frank. "Scarcity in the Modern World: Politics, Society and Sustainability 1800-2075". Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781350040915. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link) - ↑ "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. KELSEY CASCADIA ROSE JULIANA, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees" (PDF). Static1.squarespace.com. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
- ↑ "The Journal of Modern History: Editorial Office". The Journal of Modern History. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ↑ "Anthropocene History". Dukeupress.edu. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
- ↑ "UChicago announces 2026 winners of Quantrell and Ph.D. teaching awards | University of Chicago News". News.uchicago.edu. May 14, 2026. Retrieved July 11, 2026.