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Robin HumphreysOBE
Born	Robert Arthur Humphreys (1907-06-06)6 June 1907
Died	2 May 1999(1999-05-02) (aged 91)
Nationality	British
Awards	Order of Rio Branco (1972)

Academic background
Alma mater	Peterhouse, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Latin American history
Institutions	University College, London

Robert Arthur Humphreys OBE (1907–1999), known as Robin Humphreys, was a British historian, the first professor of Latin American studies in the United Kingdom, and the founder of the Institute of Latin American Studies at University College London. His books cover the emancipation of South America, British diplomacy in Central America, and the evolution of modern Latin America.

Life and career

Born on 6 June 1907, Humphreys was educated at Lincoln Grammar School and graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1934 he was appointed assistant lecturer in American history at University College London (UCL).

During the Second World War Humphreys worked at the British Foreign Office in a research capacity.

After the war he returned to UCL and was promoted to reader, becoming, in 1948, the UK's first professor of Latin American history.

In 1965 Humphreys was the founding Director of the University of London's Institute of Latin American Studies, a position he held until 1974. From 1965 to 1969 he also served as the President of the Royal Historical Society.

He died on 2 May 1999 aged 91.

Works

British Consular Reports on the Trade and Politics of Latin America, 1824-1826 (1940)
Latin America (1941)
"The Study of Latin-American History in England"
William Robertson and his History of America (1954)
"William Hickling Prescott: The Man and the Historian" (1959)
Tradition and Revolt in Latin America, and other essays (1969) Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Latin America and the Second World War (2 vols., 1981–82)
- Volume 1: 1939 - 1942, Bloomsbury Academic, ISBN 978-1-47428-822-4
- Volume 2: 1942 - 1945, Bloomsbury Academic, ISBN 978-1-47428-825-5

References

^ Lynch, John (2001), "Obituary: Robert Arthur Humphreys (1907-1999)", Hispanic American Historical Review, 81(1):135-138; doi:10.1215/00182168-81-1-135
^ Lynch, John (20 May 1999). "Obituary: Robin Humphreys". H-LatAm. H-Net Discussion Networks. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
London: Royal Historical Society 1940.
Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 24 (no. 94) 1947, pp. 146-53.
The Hispanic American Historical Review, 39-1-19 (Feb. 1959)
Tulchin, Joseph S. (October 1986). "Review-R. A. Humphreys. Latin America and the Second World War. Volume 1, 1939–1942; Volume 2, 1942–1945". The American Historical Review. 91 (4): 1028–1029. doi:10.1086/ahr/91.4.1028.

Academic offices
Preceded byGoronwy Edwards	President of the Royal Historical Society 1965–1969	Succeeded byRichard Southern

v t e Presidents of the Royal Historical Society
1871–1872 George Grote 1873–1878 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell 1878–1891 Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare 1891–1899 Sir M. E. Grant Duff 1899–1901 Sir Adolphus Ward 1901–1905 Sir George Prothero 1905–1909 William Hunt 1909–1913 William Cunningham 1913–1917 Sir Charles Firth 1917–1921 Sir Charles Oman 1921–1925 Sir John Fortescue 1925–1929 Frederick Tout 1929–1933 Sir Richard Lodge 1933–1937 Sir F. M. Powicke 1937–1945 Sir Frank Stenton 1946–1949 Robert William Seton-Watson 1949–1953 Theodore Plucknett 1953–1957 Hale Bellot 1957–1961 David Knowles 1961–1965 Sir Goronwy Edwards 1965–1969 Robin Humphreys 1969–1973 Sir R. W. Southern 1973–1977 Sir Geoffrey Elton 1977–1981 Sir John Habakkuk 1981–1985 Sir J. C. Holt 1985–1989 Gerald Aylmer 1989–1993 Michael Thompson 1993–1997 Sir Rees Davies 1997–2001 Sir P. J. Marshall 2001–2005 Dame Janet Nelson 2005–2008 Martin Daunton 2009–2012 Colin Jones 2012–2016 Peter Mandler 2016–2020 Margot Finn 2020-present Emma Griffin

Presidents of the Royal Historical Society

1871–1872 George Grote
1873–1878 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
1878–1891 Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare
1891–1899 Sir M. E. Grant Duff
1899–1901 Sir Adolphus Ward
1901–1905 Sir George Prothero
1905–1909 William Hunt
1909–1913 William Cunningham
1913–1917 Sir Charles Firth
1917–1921 Sir Charles Oman
1921–1925 Sir John Fortescue
1925–1929 Frederick Tout
1929–1933 Sir Richard Lodge
1933–1937 Sir F. M. Powicke
1937–1945 Sir Frank Stenton
1946–1949 Robert William Seton-Watson
1949–1953 Theodore Plucknett
1953–1957 Hale Bellot
1957–1961 David Knowles
1961–1965 Sir Goronwy Edwards
1965–1969 Robin Humphreys
1969–1973 Sir R. W. Southern
1973–1977 Sir Geoffrey Elton
1977–1981 Sir John Habakkuk
1981–1985 Sir J. C. Holt
1985–1989 Gerald Aylmer
1989–1993 Michael Thompson
1993–1997 Sir Rees Davies
1997–2001 Sir P. J. Marshall
2001–2005 Dame Janet Nelson
2005–2008 Martin Daunton
2009–2012 Colin Jones
2012–2016 Peter Mandler
2016–2020 Margot Finn
2020-present Emma Griffin

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