Nationality British Died 1999 | Name Robert Humphreys Fields Historian | |
Born 6 June 1907 ( 1907-06-06 ) Books The diplomatic history of British Honduras, 1638-1901 Alma mater Lincoln Christ\'s Hospital School, University of Cambridge | ||
Robert Arthur (Robin) Humphreys OBE (6 June 1907 – 2 May 1999) was an historian, the first professor of Latin American studies in the United Kingdom and the founder of the Institute of Latin American Studies at University College London.
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Life and career
Humphreys was educated at Lincoln Grammar School and graduated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1934 he was appointed assistant lecturer in American history at University College London (UCL).
During World War II Humphreys worked at the British Foreign Office in a research capacity.
After the war he returned to UCL and was promoted to Reader, becoming, in 1948, the UK's first professor of Latin American history.
In 1965 Humphreys was the founding Director of the University of London's Institute of Latin American Studies, a position he held until 1974. From 1965-69 he also served as the President of the Royal Historical Society.
He died on 2 May 1999 aged 91.