Donald Cameron Watt (17 May 1928 – 30 October 2014) was a British historian.
Donald Cameron Watt | |
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Born | 17 May 1928 |
Died | 30 October 2014 |
Education | Rugby School |
Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
Occupation | Historian |
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Children | 1 son |
Donald Cameron Watt was a chorister in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and then was educated at Rugby School.[1][2] He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oriel College, Oxford, graduating from Oxford University with a bachelor's degree in 1951.[1]
Watt served as a Professor of International History at the London School of Economics,[2] where he served as the Head of the Department and Stevenson Chair of International History from 1981 to 1993.[1]
Watt edited Survey of International Affairs at Chatham House from 1962 to 1971.[1] He was the author or co-author of 25 books.[1] He won the Wolfson History Prize in 1990.[1]
Watt was married twice. He first married Marianne Grau in 1951, and they had a son.[1] After she died in 1962, he married Felicia Stanley. She predeceased him in 1997.[1]