Beit Professor of Commonwealth History
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The Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History is one of the senior professorships in history at the University of Oxford
. It was established in 1905 as the Beit Professorship of Colonial History. The post is held in conjunction with a fellowship at Balliol College, Oxford
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University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. It was established in 1905 as the Beit Professorship of Colonial History. The post is held in conjunction with a fellowship at Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
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Beit Professors
- Hugh Egerton (1905–1920)
- Sir Reginald CouplandReginald CouplandSir Reginald Coupland, KCMG, FBA was a prominent historian of the British Empire who between 1920 and 1948 held the Beit Professorship of Colonial History at the University of Oxford. He is most known for his scholarship on African history...
(1920–48) - Vincent T. HarlowVincent T. HarlowVincent T. Harlow was a prominent historian of the British Empire who held the Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford between 1950 and 1963. He is best known for his book, The Founding of the Second British Empire, 1763-1793, the first volume of which was published...
(1950–1963) - John Andrew GallagherJohn Andrew GallagherJohn "Jack" Andrew Gallagher, FBA was a distinguished historian of the British Empire who between 1963 and 1970 held the Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford and from 1971 until his death was the Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the...
(1963–1971) - Ronald RobinsonRonald RobinsonRonald "Robbie" Edward Robinson, FBA was a distinguished historian of the British Empire who between 1971 and 1981 held the Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford....
(1971–1987) - Judith M. BrownJudith M. BrownJudith M. Brown, is a historian of modern South Asia. From 1990 - 2011 she was the Beit Professor of Commonwealth History and a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. Earlier she taught at the University of Manchester and completed her PhD at Girton College, Cambridge.-See also:*British Raj*Company...
(1990-2011) - James BelichJames Belich (historian)James Christopher Belich, ONZM is a New Zealand revisionist historian, known for his work on the New Zealand Wars.Of Croatian descent, he was born in Wellington in 1956, the son of Sir James Belich, who later became Mayor of Wellington. He attended Onslow College.He gained an M.A...
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