Donald Anthony Low AO FAHA FASSA (22 June 1927 – 12 February 2015), known as Anthony Low or D. A. Low, was a historian of modern South Asia, Africa, the British Commonwealth, and, especially, decolonization. He was the Emeritus Smuts Professor of History of the British Commonwealth at the University of Cambridge, former Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University, Canberra, and President of Clare Hall, Cambridge.[1]
D.A. Low | |
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Born | Donald Anthony Low 22 June 1927 |
Died | 12 February 2015 | (aged 87)
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | Oxford University |
Known for | Study of decolonization |
Partner | Belle |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Historian (British Commonwealth) |
Institutions | |
4th President of Clare Hall, Cambridge | |
In office 1987–1994 | |
Preceded by | Sir Michael Stoker |
Succeeded by | Dame Gillian Beer |
Low was born in 1927[2] and gained his doctorate from Oxford University.[3]
The academic positions which Professor Low has held include the following:[4]
Prof D.A. Low, President of Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1987–94, 84
Prof Anthony Low - DPhil Oxf, FAHA, FASSA
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