Anthony Hamilton Millard Kirk-Greene (16 May 1925, Turnbridge Wells) is a British scholar known for his works on 20th century British colonial history. He is a fellow of St Anthony's College, Oxford, where he was lecturer in the modern history of Africa from 1967 to 1992. He was president of the African Studies Association in the UK from 1988 to 1990 and vice-president of the Royal African Society.
Greene served as a Captain from 1943 to 1947 in the Indian Army during Britain's World War 2 effort. He later graduated from Cambridge University in 1950 and in 1954 with Bachelor and Masters of Arts degrees. He also obtained a Master of Arts from Oxford University in 1967.
Greene was Senior district commissioner and Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1950-1960. He was a senior lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University from 1961 to 1965. From 1967 to 1981 he was professor of history at St Antony's College at Oxford University. He was adjunct professor from 1992 to 1999 at the Stanford Program at Oxford.
This is Northern Nigeria : background to an invitation. (1956)
The capitals of Northern Nigeria. (1957)
Adamawa, past and present; an historical approach to the development of a northern Cameroons province. (1958) ISBN 0712903984
Maiduguri and the capitals of Bornu. Maiduguri da manyan biranen Barno. (1958)
The principles of native administration in Nigeria; selected documents, 1900-1947. (1965)
Hausa ba dabo ba ne; a collection of 500 proverbs. (1966)
A modern Hausa reader. With Yahaya Aliyu. (1967)
West African travels and adventures; two autobiographical narratives from Northern Nigeria. (1971) ISBN 0300014260
Crisis and conflict in Nigeria: a documentary sourcebook. (1971) ISBN 0192156411
The genesis of the Nigerian civil war and the theory of fear. (1975) ISBN 9171060855
A biographical dictionary of the British colonial governor. (1980) ISBN 0817926119
"Stay by your radios" : documentation for a study of military government in tropical Africa. (1981) ISBN 9070110296
Nigeria since 1970 : a political and economic outline. (1981) ISBN 0340262079
A biographical dictionary of the British Colonial Service, 1939-1966. (1991) ISBN 0905450965
On crown service : a history of HM colonial and overseas civil services, 1837-1997. (1999) ISBN 1860642608
Britain's imperial administrators, 1858-1966. ISBN 0333732979 (2000) ISBN 0333732979
Symbol of authority : the British district officer in Africa. (2006) ISBN 9781850434528
Glimpses of empire : a Corona anthology. (2012) ISBN 1860643981
Aspects of empire : a second Corona anthology. (2012) ISBN 9781848855144
