D. G. Boyce
David George Boyce | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942 (age 82–83) |
| Died | 2020 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Lurgan College |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Irish history |
| Institutions | Swansea University |
David George Boyce (1942–2020), also known as George Boyce, was a Northern Irish historian who specialised in Irish history.
He was educated at Lurgan College in County Armagh and at Queen's University Belfast. He worked in the Department of Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library in Oxford until 1971. From 1971 until 2004 he was a lecturer in the Department of Politics and International relations at Swansea University. He was also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
He contributed 15 articles to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
His death occurred on 17 August 2020. His funeral service was held in Swansea, but his ashes were interred in County Down in 2021.