Glyndwr Williams (1932–24 January 2022) was a professor of history at

Queen Mary, University of London , mottoeng = With united powers , established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College , type = Public researc ...

since 1974, specialising in the history of exploration and the history of Europe overseas. He was appointed a professor emeritus of the

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in 1997.

Academic career

Williams earned his bachelor's degree and PhD at the

. He became reader in history at

Queen Mary College, London , mottoeng = With united powers , established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College , type = Public researc ...

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

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. He died 24 January 2022. He was survived by his wife and fellow maritime historian, Sarah R. Palmer, and their two children.

Awards and honours

*The

Caird Medal The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. Like other publicly funded national museums in the United ...

of the

National Maritime Museum The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. Like other publicly funded national museums in the United ...

*Hon. D.Litt. from

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National Outdoor Book Award The National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) was formed in 1997 as an American-based non-profit program which each year presents awards honoring the best in outdoor writing and publishing. It is housed at Idaho State University and chaired by Ron Watte ...

(Honorable Mention, History/Biography category), for ''Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage'', 2009

Published works

Alan Frost Alan J. Frost , (born 29 March 1943) is an Australian academic and professor emeritus at La Trobe University. A major theme of his research has involved the European exploration of the Pacific Ocean over the second half of the eighteenth centur ...

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 1997 include: *''The Great South Sea'' (1997) *''The Prize of all the Oceans'' (1999) *''Voyages of Delusion: The Search for the Northwest Passage in the Age of Reason'' (2002) *''Buccaneers, Explorers and Settlers: British Encounters and Enterprise in the Pacific, 1670-1800'' (2005) *''The Death of Captain Cook: A hero made and unmade'' (2008) *''Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage'' (2009) *''Naturalists at Sea: Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin'' (2013)

References

Sources

* ''Contemporary Authors'' *

and Jane Samson, eds., ''Pacific Empires: Essays in Honour of Glyndwr Williams'', (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1999)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Glyndwr 2022 deaths 1932 births British maritime historians Alumni of the University of London Academics of Queen Mary University of London British historians