What was the man whom Dr. Diarmuid Whelan wrote his doctoral thesis on?
Diarmuid Whelan Dr. Diarmuid Whelan (11 August 1971 – 1 June 2010) was an Irish academic in the history department of UCC. Born in Cork, he studied at Christian Brothers College, Cork and UCC. He wrote his doctoral thesis on Conor Cruise O'Brien.
William H. McNeill (historian) William Hardy McNeill (October 31, 1917 – July 8, 2016) was a Canadian-American world historian and author, particularly noted for his writings on Western civilization. He was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Chicago where he had taught since 1947. He was also the father of historian J. R. McNeill with whom he co-authored "The Human Web: A Bird's-eye View of World History".