Robin Humphreys

Robin Humphreys
Born	(1907-06-06)6 June 1907
Died
Nationality	British
Fields	Historian
Institutions	University College London
Alma mater	Lincoln Christ's Hospital School; Oxford University

Robert Arthur (Robin) Humphreys OBE (6 June 1907 – 2 May 1999) was an historian, the first professor of Latin American studies in the United Kingdom and the founder of the Institute of Latin American Studies at University College London.

Life and career

Humphreys was educated at Lincoln Grammar School and graduated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1934 he was appointed assistant lecturer in American history at University College London (UCL).

During World War II Humphreys worked at the British Foreign Office in a research capacity.

After the war he returned to UCL and was promoted to Reader, becoming, in 1948, the UK's first professor of Latin American history.

In 1965 Humphreys was the founding Director of the University of London's Institute of Latin American Studies, a position he held until 1974. From 1965-69 he also served as the President of the Royal Historical Society.

He died on 2 May 1999 aged 91.

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Academic offices
Preceded by Goronwy Edwards	President of the Royal Historical Society 1965–1969	Succeeded by Richard Southern