Robert Keith Middlemas (1935–2013) was an English historian, known for works on modern European political history.

Life

Middlemas was born in

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, Northumberland on 26 May 1935. He was educated at

Stowe School , motto_translation = I stand firm and I stand first , established = , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent school, day & boarding , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Headmaster ...

and then joined the

Northumberland Fusiliers The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Raised in 1674 as one of three 'English' units in the Dutch Anglo-Scots Brigade, it accompanied William III to England in the November 1688 Glorious Revolution ...

, before entering

Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...

, graduating with a first class degree in history. Entering the Civil Service, Middlemas worked as a House of Commons clerk for nine years. From 1967 he was a lecturer at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

. He became a reader there in 1976, and Professor in 1986. Middlemas published 21 books. He died at West Burton, Sussex on 10 July 2013.

Bibliography

Middlemas published 21 books:

Political Biographies

* ''The Life and Times of Edward VII'' (1972) * ''Baldwin: A Biography'' (1969), co-written with John Barnes * ''The Life And Times Of George VI'' (1974)

European Politics

* ''Orchestrating Europe: The Informal Politics Of The European Union, 1973 95'' * ''Diplomacy of Illusion: The British Government and Germany, 1937-1939'' (1972) * ''Politics in Industrial Society: The Experience of the British System Since 1911'' (1979) * ''Power and the Party: Changing Faces of Communism in Western Europe'' (1980)

Other

* ''Continental Coloured Glass'' (1971) * ''Antique Colored Glass'' * ''Power, Competition And The State'' (1971) * ''Cabora Bassa: Engineering And Politics In Southern Africa'' (1975) * ''The Double Market: Art Theft And Art Thieves'' (1975) * ''Pursuit of Pleasure: High Society in the 1900s'' (1977) * ''As They Really Were: The Citizens of Alnwick 1831'' (2012) * ''Industry, Unions and Government: Twenty-One Years of Nedc'' (1983) * ''Kinship and Survival: The Middlemas Name Through 600 Years'' (1990)

References

1935 births 2013 deaths English historians People from Alnwick People from Chichester District {{England-historian-stub