Keith Middlemas

Robert Keith Middlemas (26 May 1935 – 10 July 2013) was an English historian, known for works on modern European political history.

Robert Middlemas
Born
Robert Keith Middlemas

26 May 1935
Died10 July 2013(2013-07-10) (aged 78)
EducationStowe School
Writing career
Years active1969–2013
GenreModern European political history

Life

Middlemas was born in Alnwick, Northumberland on 26 May 1935. He was educated at Stowe School and then joined the Northumberland Fusiliers, before entering Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating with a first class degree in history.

Entering the Civil Service, Middlemas worked as a House of Commons clerk for nine years. From 1967 he was a lecturer at the University of Sussex. He became a reader there in 1976, and Professor in 1986.

Middlemas published 21 books.

He died at West Burton, Sussex on 10 July 2013.

Bibliography

Middlemas published 21 books:

Political biographies

European politics

Other

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Professor Keith Middlemas - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Barker, Nicholas (25 August 2013). "Professor Keith Middlemas: Historian acclaimed for his work on the politics of modern Europe". The Independent. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

The private papers of Keith Middlemas are deposited at the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence