Robin Darwall-Smith
Robin Haydon Darwall-Smith FRHistS is a British archivist, based in Oxford and associated with several Oxford University College archives.
Robin Darwall-Smith | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Archivist |
| Board member of | Oxford Historical Society (trustee since 2014) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford University of Liverpool |
| Influences | George Cawkwell |
| 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 Darwall-Smith studied classics at University College, Oxford under George Cawkwell, as an undergraduate and postgraduate. 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.
Darwall-Smith has been an archivist for Jesus College, Magdalen College, and University College at Oxford.
Robin Darwall-Smith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2010. He appeared on the television documentary series Ian Hislop's Olden Days in 2014.
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