David Dilks
David N. Dilks, PhD, FRHistS, FRSL, (born 17 April 1938), is a British historian and emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Leeds. He was born in Foleshill, a suburb of Coventry, and attended The Royal Grammar School before winning a scholarship to Hertford College, Oxford, to read History. He remained in Oxford to do research at St Antony's College before becoming research assistant to Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan.[1] He was the official biographer of the latter as well as producing a two-volume biography of the viceroy of India, Lord Curzon,[2] and a two-volume biography of Neville Chamberlain.[3]
In 1977 he became a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
Professor Dilks became Vice Chancellor of the University of Hull in 1991, a position he retained until 1999.[4]
[edit] Selected works
- Dilks, David (1969-70). Curzon in India. 2 vols., Hart-Davis.
- Dilks, David (1984). Neville Chamberlain. 2 vols, Cambridge University Press.
[edit] References
- ^ Hodges, Lucy (7 August 1997), "A-Z of Universities: Hull", The Independent, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/hull-1244101.html.
- ^ Plumb, J. H. (4 October 1970), "The Viceroy and the General; Curzon In India", New York Times, http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E1EFD3C5E16738DDDAD0894D8415B808BF1D3.
- ^ "The Man Who Trusted Hitler", New York Times, 17 February 1985, http://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/17/books/the-man-who-trusted-hitler.html.
- ^ "On the move", Times Higher Education, 11 June 1999.
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