| Christopher Guy Thorne | |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 1934 |
| Death Date: | 20 April 1992 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Fields: | History |
| Workplaces: | University of Sussex, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study |
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| Known For: | "Allies of a Kind: The United States, Britain and the War Against Japan, 1941–1945." |
| Awards: | Bancroft Prize |
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Christopher Guy Thorne DLitt MA FBA (17 May 1934 - 20 April 1992) was a British historian and a Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex.[1] He specialised in studying the Pacific War. He was a resident fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study and a fellow of the British Academy.[2] In 1986 he delivered the British Academy's Sarah Tryphena Phillips Lecture in American Literature and History.[3] Thorne achieved some fame for his new approaches to international history, emphasising the importance of transnational research and perspectives.
He was the first non-American to win the Bancroft Prize for American history, awarded in 1979 for his book Allies of a Kind: The United States, Britain and the War Against Japan, 1941–1945.[4]
He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (B.A. 1958, M.A. 1962, D.Litt. 1980, Hon. Fellow 1989).