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Barbara Emerson
NationalityBritish
Alma materSt. Hilda's College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Historian and Biographer
Notable workLeopold II of the Belgians: King of Colonialism

Dr. Barbara Emerson is an English historian and biographer, known for her biography of King Leopold II of Belgium. She is also a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford.[1]

Emerson received her degree from St Hilda's College, Oxford where she later taught.[2]

She was highly critical of Adam Hochschild's book King Leopold's Ghost, rebuking it in The Guardian as "a very shoddy piece of work."[3]

Works

  • Barbara Emerson, Leopold II of the Belgians: King of Colonialism, (1979)

References

  1. ^ "» Author Bios Advanced Historical Method 304". Blogs.dickinson.edu. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  2. ^ ""The memory of Congo : the colonial era"". Oxfordandcambridge.be. 2005-10-02. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  3. ^ Bates, Stephen (13 May 1999). "The Hidden Holocaust". The Guardian.