Name John Darwin | Role Historian | |
Books Unfinished Empire: The Glob, After Tamerlane, The end of the British empire, Britain and decolonisation, The Splicing Handbook | ||
John Gareth Darwin, (born 29 June 1948) is a British historian and academic, who specialises in the history of the British Empire. Since 1984, he has been 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.
Contents
- Bbc lunchtime news john darwin 3 december 2007
- Early life and education
- Academic career
- Personal life
- Honours
- Selected works
- References
Bbc lunchtime news john darwin 3 december 2007
Early life and education
Darwin was born on 29 June 1948 in Exeter, Devon, England. He was educated at Brockenhurst Grammar School, a mixed-sex state grammar school in Brockenhurst, Hampshire. He studied history at St John's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree. He later undertook postgraduate research at Nuffield College, Oxford, and completed his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1978.
Academic career
From 1972 to 1984, Darwin was a lecturer in history at the University of Reading. In 1984, he moved to the University of Oxford where he had been appointed the Beit Lecturer in the History of the Commonwealth. That year, he was also elected a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. Since October 2014, he had been the Director of the Oxford Centre for Global History. In November 2014, he was granted a Title of Distinction as Professor of Global and Imperial History.
Personal life
In 1973, Darwin married Caroline Atkinson. Together they have three daughters: Claire, Charlotte and Helen.
Honours
In 2008, Darwin was awarded the Wolfson History Prize for his book After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire since 1405. In 2012, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).