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词条 John Darwin (historian)
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

     Honours and awards  Publications 

  3. Personal life

  4. References

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John Gareth Darwin, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA}} (born 29 June 1948)[2] is a British historian and academic, who specialises in the history of the British Empire.[2] Since 1984, he has been the Beit Lecturer in Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.[3] He was a lecturer in history at the University of Reading between 1972 and 1984.

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 degree in 1978[3] on the coalition government of David Lloyd George and Britain's imperial policy in Egypt and the Middle East between 1918 and 1922.

Career

From 1972 to 1984, Darwin was a lecturer in history at the University of Reading.[3] In 1984, he moved to the University of Oxford where he had been appointed the Beit Lecturer in the History of the Commonwealth of Nations.[3][8] That year, he was also elected a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.[3] Since October 2014, he had been the Director of the Oxford Centre for Global History.[4] In November 2014, he was granted a Title of Distinction as Professor of Global and Imperial History.[5]

Honours and awards

In 2008, Darwin was awarded the Wolfson History Prize for his book After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire since 1405.[6] In 2012, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[7]

Publications

  • Britain, Egypt, and the Middle East: Imperial Policy in the Aftermath of War, 1918–1922 (May 1981)[8]
  • The Empire of the Bretaignes, 1175–1688: The Foundations of a Colonial System of Government: Select Documents on the Constitutional History of The ... Volume I (Documents in Imperial History) (24 May 1985)[9]
  • Britain and Decolonisation: The Retreat from Empire in the Post-War World (Making of the 20th Century) (November 1988)[10]
  • The End of the British Empire: The Historical Debate (Making Contemporary Britain) (10 January 1991)[11]
  • After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 (5 February 2008)[12]
  • The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 (30 October 2009)[13]
  • Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain (12 February 2013)[14]

Personal life

In 1973, Darwin married Caroline Atkinson. Together they have three daughters: Claire, Charlotte and Helen.[3]

References

1. ^{{cite thesis|last1=Thompson|first1=Andrew Stuart|title=Thinking imperially? Imperial pressure groups and the idea of Empire in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain|url=http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/OXVU1:LSCOP_OX:oxfaleph011362441|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.260092}}|website=bodleian.ox.ac.uk|publisher=University of Oxford|degree=DPhil|accessdate=3 June 2016|date=1994}}
2. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/faculty/staff/profile/darwin/index.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228024311/http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/faculty/staff/profile/darwin/index.html |archive-date=28 December 2013 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
3. ^Anon (2017) {{Who's Who | surname = Darwin | othernames = John | id = U256690 | edition = online Oxford University Press|location=Oxford}} {{doi|10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.256690}} {{subscription required}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=|work=People|url=http://global.history.ox.ac.uk/?page_id=2|publisher=University of Oxford|accessdate=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729011553/http://global.history.ox.ac.uk/?page_id=2|archive-date=29 July 2016|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
5. ^{{cite journal|title=Recognition of Distinction|journal=Oxford University Gazette|date=6 November 2014|volume=145|issue=5076|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2014-2015/6november2014-no5076/notices/#173966|accessdate=29 June 2016|publisher=University of Oxford}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Previous winners|url=http://www.wolfson.org.uk/history-prize/previous-winners/|website=History Prize|publisher=The Wolfson Foundation|accessdate=29 June 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723115412/http://www.wolfson.org.uk/history-prize/previous-winners|archivedate=23 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Dr John Darwin|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/users/dr-john-darwin|website=British Academy|accessdate=29 June 2016}}
8. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Britain-Egypt-Middle-East-Aftermath/dp/0312097360/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220231035/https://www.amazon.com/Britain-Egypt-Middle-East-Aftermath/dp/0312097360 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Bretaignes-1175-1688-Foundations-Constitutional/dp/0313238979/|title=The Empire of the Bretaignes, 1175-1688: The Foundations of a Colonial System of Government: Select Documents on the Constitutional History of The ... Volume I|first1=David|last1=Fieldhouse|first2=Frederick|last2=Madden|date=24 May 1985|publisher=Greenwood|accessdate=7 December 2017|via=Amazon}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Britain-Decolonisation-Retreat-Post-War-Century/dp/0312024649/|title=Britain and Decolonisation: The Retreat from Empire in the Post-War World|first=John|last=Darwin|date=1 November 1988|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|accessdate=7 December 2017|via=Amazon}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/End-British-Empire-Historical-Contemporary/dp/0631164278/|title=The End of the British Empire: The Historical Debate|first=John|last=Darwin|date=1 January 1991|publisher=Blackwell Publishers|accessdate=7 December 2017|via=Amazon}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/After-Tamerlane-Global-History-Empire/dp/1596913932/|title=After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405|first=John|last=Darwin|date=5 February 2008|publisher=Bloomsbury Press|accessdate=7 December 2017|via=Amazon}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Project-British-World-System-1830-1970/dp/0521302080/|title=The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830-1970|date=30 October 2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press|accessdate=7 December 2017|via=Amazon}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Empire-Global-Expansion-Britain/dp/1620400375/|title=Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain|first=John|last=Darwin|date=12 February 2013|publisher=Bloomsbury Press|accessdate=7 December 2017|via=Amazon}}
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