Glyndwr Williams has been Professor of History at Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

 since 1974 and has specialized in this history of exploration and the history of Europe overseas. He was appointed a professor emeritus of the University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

 in 1997.

Academic career

Williams earned his bachelor's degree and PhD at the University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

. He became reader in history at Queen Mary College, London

Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

 and was then promoted to professor. He served as general editor of the Hudson's Bay Record Society and he has been President and Trustee of the Hakluyt Society

Hakluyt Society

Founded in 1846, the Hakluyt Society is a registered charity based in London, England, which seeks to advance knowledge and education by the publication of scholarly editions of primary records of voyages, travels and other geographical material...

.

Awards and honours

• The Caird Medal of the National Maritime Museum
  National Maritime Museum
  The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom and may be the largest museum of its kind in the world. The historic buildings forming part of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, it also incorporates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich,...
  
  
• Hon. D.Litt. from La Trobe University
  La Trobe University
  La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are...
  
  
• National Outdoor Book Award
  National Outdoor Book Award
  The National Outdoor Book Award was formed in 1997 as a US-based non-profit program which each year honors the best in outdoor writing and publishing. It is housed at Idaho State University and chaired by Ron Watters. Awards are presented in ten categories. The award is announced in early November...
  
   (Honorable Mention, History/Biography category), for Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage, 2009

Published works

• Alan Frost
  Alan Frost
  Alan Frost is a La Trobe University-based academic. A major theme of his research has involved the European exploration of the Pacific Ocean over the second half of the eighteenth century. He is best known for books in which he challenges common historical stereotypes and misconceptions concerning...
  
  and Jane Samson, eds., Pacific Empires: Essays in Honour of Glyndwr Williams, (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1999), pp. 271–275, contains a bibliography of "The Works of Glyndwr Williams" between 1959 and 1998.

Additional works since 1998 include:

• The Great South Sea
• The Prize of all the Oceans
• Voyages of Delusion: The Search for the Northwest Passage in the Age of Reason (2001)
• Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage (2009)

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