Rhodes Professor of Imperial History
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The Rhodes Professorship of Imperial History is one of the senior professorships in History at King's College London
and was endowed by the Rhodes Trust in 1919. After the Beit Professorship of Colonial History
at Oxford
(founded in 1905), it is the second oldest chair in its subject in the world.
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
and was endowed by the Rhodes Trust in 1919. After the Beit Professorship of Colonial History
Beit Professor of Commonwealth History
The Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History is one of the senior professorships in history at the University of Oxford. It was established in 1905 as the Beit Professorship of Colonial History. The post is held in conjunction with a fellowship at Balliol College, Oxford.- Beit Professors :*...
at Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
(founded in 1905), it is the second oldest chair in its subject in the world.
List of holders
- Arthur Percival Newton (1920–1938)
- Vincent T. HarlowVincent T. HarlowVincent T. Harlow was a prominent historian of the British Empire who held the Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford between 1950 and 1963. He is best known for his book, The Founding of the Second British Empire, 1763-1793, the first volume of which was published...
(1938–1949) - Gerald S. GrahamGerald S. GrahamGerald Sandford Graham was Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at King's College London from 1949 until his retirement in 1970...
(1949–1970) - Peter James Marshall (1980–1993)
- Andrew Porter (1993–2008)
- Richard DraytonRichard DraytonRichard Drayton FRHistS is a Guyana-born historian and Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at Kings College London. He went to school at Harrison College in Barbados, from which he left as a Barbados Scholar to Harvard University...
(2009–)