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Charles Townshend (historian)
Charles Jeremy Nigel Townshend FBA (born 27 July 1945) is a British historian with particular expertise on the history of British rule in Ireland and Mandatory Palestine. Career He worked for most of his career at Keele University, from which he retired as Professor Emeritus of International History. Awards and Distinctions *2008 – Fellow of the British Academy Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. The categories are: # Fellows – scholars resident in the United Kingdom # ... Bibliography Books * * * * * * (Second edition published in 2011.) * * (Published in the United States in 2011 as ''Desert Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia''.) * * Articles * * * * * * * * * * References 1945 births Academics of Keele University Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford British historians Fellows of the British Academy Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor Emeritus
''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title the rank of the last office held". In some cases, the term is conferred automatically upon all persons who retire at a given rank, but in others, it remains a mark of distinguished service awarded selectively on retirement. It is also used when a person of distinction in a profession retires or hands over the position, enabling their former rank to be retained in their title, e.g., "professor emeritus". The term ''emeritus'' does not necessarily signify that a person has relinquished all the duties of their former position, and they may continue to exercise some of them. In the description of deceased professors emeritus listed at U.S. universities, the title ''emeritus'' is replaced by indicating the years of their appointmentsThe Proto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |