Obituary: Alan Dobson

Our friend and colleague, Alan P. Dobson died in April 2022 in Swansea, Wales. He was from the outset of our first meeting an inspiring and energetic person eager to advance various projects centred on one of his lifelong intellectual passions: the transatlantic and Anglo-American relations. His passing leaves a huge absence in our community, yet without him the community of what became the Transatlantic Studies Association (TSA) and the Journal of Transatlantic Studies (JTS), would never have existed. In his last few years, he also edited the International History Review set up by Edward Ingram, Gordon Martel and Ian Mugridge; by coincidence Gordon wrote Ingram’s obituary in this journal just a few months ago. It was a mark of deep respect for Alan’s character, honesty and integrity to be entrusted with the editorship of the two journals.