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. It is the first imperial professorship in the United Kingdom.
The post is held in conjunction with a
fellowship at
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...
.
Beit Professors
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Hugh Egerton (1905–1920)
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Sir Reginald Coupland (1920–1948)
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Vincent T. Harlow (1950–1963)
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John Andrew Gallagher (1963–1971)
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Ronald Robinson (1971–1987)
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Judith M. Brown
Judith Margaret Brown (born 9 July 1944) is a British historian, academic and Anglican priest, who specialises in the study of modern South Asia. From 1990 to 2011, she was the Beit Professor of Commonwealth History and a Fellow of Balliol Col ...
(1990–2011)
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James Belich (2011–)
References
Commonwealth History, Beit
Commonwealth History, Beit
Balliol College, Oxford
1905 establishments in England
Lists of people associated with the University of Oxford
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