Godfrey Hugh Lancelot Le May (1920–2012) was a tutor and Emeritus Fellow at

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, and a former Dean of History at Worcester College. His focus area was modern British history. Born on 7 September 1920 in

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, Le May's family travelled from England to South Africa during the

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, in which his grandfather was an officer. LeMay served as a speech writer for

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. He was a political advisor to

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. LeMay's most famous student was

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990, and again from 1993 to 1996. She was also the first woman elected to head a democratic governmen ...

. He was living in Oxford with his wife when he died on 5 December 2012 at the age of 93. LeMay was teaching up until his death, holding tutorial sessions in his in-home office.

References

Primary Sources

* Le May, G.H.L.
''British Supremacy in South Africa, 1899-1907''
Oxford: Clarendon, 1965 * Le May, G.H.L.
''British Government, 1914-1963''
London: Methuen, 1964 * Le May, G.H.L., “British Government, 1914-1953”, London: Methuen, 1955 * Le May, G.H.L.
''The Victorian Constitution''
New York: St. Martin, 1979 * Le May, G.H.L., “The Afrikaners”, New York: Wiley, 1995 * Le May, G.H.L., “Black and White in South Africa”, New York: American Heritage, 1971 * Le May, G.H.L., “Freedom and Authority; text of an address given 5 September 1962”, Johannesburg: Witswatersrand Univ., 1963 * Le May, G.H.L. “South Africa, the future: text of an address by Prof. G.H.L LeMay, 5 September 1967”, Cape Town: C.A. Alger, 1967 {{DEFAULTSORT:LeMay, Godfrey 1919 births 2012 deaths South African academics South African emigrants to the United Kingdom Fellows of Worcester College, Oxford