John Darwin (historian)
Gareth John Darwin CBE FBA (born 29 June 1948) is a British historian and academic, who specialises in the history of the British Empire. From 1984 to 2019, he was the Beit Lecturer in Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He was a lecturer in history at the University of Reading between 1972 and 1984.
John Darwin CBE FBA | |
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| Born | Gareth John Darwin 29 June 1948 Exeter, Devon, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Title | Professor of Global and Imperial History |
| Spouse |
Caroline Atkinson (m. 1973) |
| Children | Three |
| Awards | Wolfson History Prize (2008) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Brockenhurst Grammar School |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (MA, DPhil) |
| Thesis | The Lloyd George coalition government and Britain's imperial policy in Egypt and the Middle East, 1918-1922 (1976) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | University of Reading University of Oxford Nuffield College, Oxford |
| Doctoral students | Andrew Thompson |
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