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Robin Haydon Darwall-Smith FRHistS is a British archivist, based in Oxford and associated with several Oxford University College archives.
Robin Darwall-Smith | |
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Occupation | Archivist |
Board member of | Oxford Historical Society (trustee since 2014)[1] |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University College, Oxford University of Liverpool |
Influences | George Cawkwell[2] |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Classics; Archives |
Sub-discipline | Academic archives |
Institutions | Jesus College, Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford, University College, Oxford |
Main interests | College archives |
Notable works | A History of University College, Oxford (OUP, 2008) |
Website | univ.ox.ac.uk |
Robin Darwall-Smith studied classics at University College, Oxford under George Cawkwell,[2] as an undergraduate and postgraduate.[3] He then trained as an archivist at the University of Liverpool. While at Oxford, Darwall-Smith represented University College on the television quiz show University Challenge in 1987, reaching the series final.[4]
Darwall-Smith has been an archivist for Jesus College, Magdalen College,[5] and University College[6] at Oxford.[3]
Robin Darwall-Smith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2010.[5] He appeared on the television documentary series Ian Hislop's Olden Days in 2014.[7]
Robin Darwall-Smith has written a number of books, including:[8][9][10][11]
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