Robin Darwall-Smith | |
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Occupation | Archivist |
Board member of | Oxford Historical Society (trustee since 2014) [1] |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University College, Oxford University of Liverpool |
Influences | George Cawkwell [2] |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Classics;Archives |
Sub-discipline | Academic archives |
Institutions | Jesus College,Oxford,Magdalen College,Oxford,University College,Oxford |
Main interests | College archives |
Notable works | A History of University College,Oxford (OUP,2008) |
Website | univ.ox.ac.uk |
Robin Haydon Darwall-Smith FRHistS 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, [2] 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 Royal Historical Society in 2010. [5] He appeared on the television documentary series Ian Hislop's Olden Days in 2014. [7]
Robin Darwall-Smith has written a number of books,including: [8] [9] [10] [11]
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