John Desmond Hargreaves (25 January 1924 – 14 February 2015) was the Burnett-Fletcher Professor of History at the

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. Hargreaves was noted for his work on the history of Africa; its

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and de-colonisation. His career at Aberdeen began in 1954 when he was appointed as a lecturer in History. Hargreaves received his chair in 1962. Hargreaves went part-time in 1982 and retired in 1985. A

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was produced in his honour. Hargreaves died on 14 February 2015 at the age of 91.

Selected publications

* Hargreaves, John D (1967) West Africa: the former French states, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall

Festschrift

* Bridges, Roy (1999) Imperialism, Decolonization and Africa: Studies Presented to John Hargreaves (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series) Basingstoke : MacmillanCanning, Paul M. (2001) Review of Imperialism, Decolonization, and Africa: Studies Presented to John Hargreaves: With an Academic Memoir and Bibliography by Roy Bridges, ''The International History Review'' Vol. 23, No. 2 Jun., pp. 430-432

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hargreaves, John D. Academics of the University of Aberdeen Historians of Africa 1924 births 2015 deaths