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 |
| Died | 10 July 2013 (aged 78) |
| Education | Stowe School |
| Writing career | |
| Years active | 1969–2013 |
| Genre | Modern European political history |
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.
Middlemas published 21 books:
The private papers of Keith Middlemas are deposited at the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence