Anthony F. Upton (13 October 1929 – 4 July 2015)[1] was a British professor of Nordic history.
Born inStockton Heath,Cheshire, he graduated B.A. in Modern History fromQueen's College, Oxford, with First-Class honours in 1951, subsequently M.A. (Oxon). After leaving Oxford he travelled to the United States as aFulbright Scholar and graduated A.M. in history fromDuke University, NC, in 1953. On his return from the United States, he was appointed as an Assistant Lecturer in History at theUniversity of Leeds. He moved to theUniversity of St. Andrews in 1956 as a lecturer in history, and was promoted to Reader before being appointed Professor of Nordic History in 1983, becoming Professor Emeritus on his retirement in 1996. He was a fellow of theRoyal Historical Society.
Upton published three books about the first decades (1918–1941) of Finnish independence. He received an honorary doctorate from theUniversity of Helsinki on 2 June 2000.
He is best known for disputing the so-called "driftwood theory"[2] (Finnish:Ajopuuteoria) of Finnish passivity inOperation Barbarossa.[3]
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