held this summer in Spokane. Canning
’s colleagues this article.
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Paul Canning ’71 MA, associate professor of history at UConn Hartford. He spent the last week in hospice with his partner and children.
A specialist in Irish and British history, Canning was the author of several articles and
British
Policy Towards Ireland, 1921-1941, an insightful study of the aftermath of the independence of the Republic of Ireland.
After teaching at Gonzaga University in Washington and Marymount University in Virginia, he returned to UConn as a faculty member in the fall of 1985, and taught for 35 years at UConn Hartford.