Matthew Anthony Fitzsimons (1912 – October 24, 1992) was an American historian.
[1] He was a professor at the University of Notre Dame and was the longtime editor of The Review of Politics.
He joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame in 1937 and earned a doctorate from the University of Chicago in English history.
He wrote extensively about English history, historiography, history of the Catholic Church and religious orders.
[5][6][7] Fitzsimons was a close colleague and succeeded historian Waldemar Gurian as editor of the journal Review of Politics from 1955 to 1974.