Anthony F. Upton (13 October 1929 – 4 July 2015)[1] was a British professor of Nordic history.
in Modern History from Queen's College, Oxford, with First-Class honours in 1951, subsequently M.A.
After leaving Oxford he travelled to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar and graduated A.M. in history from Duke University, NC, in 1953.
On his return from the United States, he was appointed as an Assistant Lecturer in History at the University of Leeds.
Upton published three books about the first decades (1918–1941) of Finnish independence.