Robin Darwall-Smith

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Robin Darwall-Smith
OccupationArchivist
Board member ofOxford Historical Society (trustee since 2014)[2]
Academic background
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford
University of Liverpool
InfluencesGeorge Cawkwell[1]
Academic work
DisciplineClassics; Archives
Sub-disciplineAcademic archives
InstitutionsJesus College, Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford, University College, Oxford
Main interestsCollege archives
Notable worksA History of University College, Oxford (OUP, 2008)
Websiteuniv.ox.ac.uk

Robin Haydon Darwall-Smith FRHistS FSA is a British archivist, based in Oxford and associated with several Oxford University College archives.

Robin Darwall-Smith studied classics at University College, Oxford under George Cawkwell,[1] as an undergraduate and postgraduate.[3] He then trained as an archivist at the University of Liverpool. While at Oxford, Darwall-Smith represented University College on the television quiz show University Challenge in 1987, reaching the series final.[4]

Darwall-Smith has been an archivist for Jesus College, Magdalen College,[5] and University College[6] at Oxford.[3]

Robin Darwall-Smith was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2009[7] and of the Royal Historical Society in 2010.[5] He appeared on the television documentary series Ian Hislop's Olden Days in 2014.[8]

Selected books

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Robin Darwall-Smith has written a number of books, including:[9][10][11][12]

  • The Jowett papers: A summary catalogue of the papers of Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893) at Balliol College, Oxford. Balliol College Library, 1993. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Emperors and Architecture: A Study of Flavian Rome, Peeters. 1996. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[13]
  • Account Rolls of University College, Oxford, Vol I (1381–1471), John Wiley & Sons, 1999. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[14][15]
  • Account Rolls of University College, Oxford, Vol II (1472–1597), Oxford Historical Society, 2001. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[14][15]
  • The Architectural Drawings of Magdalen College: A Catalogue, Oxford University Press, 2002. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (with Roger White)
  • A History of University College, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[16]
  • Early Records of University College, Oxford Historical Society, 2015. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[17][18]
  • History of Universities, volume XXXV/1, Oxford University Press, 2022. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (edited with Peregrine Horden)[19]
  • Music in Twentieth-Century Oxford: New Directions, Boydell Press, 2023. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (edited with Susan Wollenberg)[20]

See also

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References

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