David Dilks

David N. Dilks, PhD, FRHistS, FRSL, (born 17 April 1938), is a British historian and emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Leeds. He was born in Foleshill, a suburb of Coventry, and attended The Royal Grammar School before winning a scholarship to Hertford College, Oxford, to read History. He remained in Oxford to do research at St Antony's College before becoming research assistant to Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan.^[1] He was the official biographer of the latter as well as producing a two-volume biography of the viceroy of India, Lord Curzon,^[2] and a two-volume biography of Neville Chamberlain.^[3]

In 1977 he became a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

Professor Dilks became Vice Chancellor of the University of Hull in 1991, a position he retained until 1999.^[4]

Selected works

• Dilks, David (1969-70). Curzon in India. 2 vols., Hart-Davis.
• Dilks, David (1984). Neville Chamberlain. 2 vols, Cambridge University Press.

References

1. ^ Hodges, Lucy (7 August 1997), "A-Z of Universities: Hull", The Independent, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/hull-1244101.html .
2. ^ Plumb, J. H. (4 October 1970), "The Viceroy and the General; Curzon In India", New York Times, http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E1EFD3C5E16738DDDAD0894D8415B808BF1D3 .
3. ^ "The Man Who Trusted Hitler", New York Times, 17 February 1985, http://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/17/books/the-man-who-trusted-hitler.html .
4. ^ "On the move", Times Higher Education, 11 June 1999 .

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