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Edwin Ernest Rich (4 August 1904 – 7 July 1979) was a 20th-century
historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...
.


Education

Rich was born in
Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...
. He was educated at
Colston's School Collegiate School (formerly known as Colston's Collegiate School and Colston’s School) is a private day school in Bristol, England, and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. It was founded in 1710 by the merchant, ...
and
Selwyn College, Cambridge Selwyn College, Cambridge is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1882 by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of George Selwyn (bishop of Lichfield), Georg ...
. He was
fellow A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals in academia, medicine, research, and industry. The exact meaning of the term differs in each field. In learned society, learned or professional society, p ...
of
St Catharine's College, Cambridge St Catharine's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall, it adopted its current name in 1860. The college is nicknamed "Catz". The colle ...
, from 1930 to 1957;
Proctor Proctor (a variant of ''wikt:procurator, procurator'') is a person who takes charge of, or acts for, another. The title is used in England and some other English-speaking countries in three principal contexts: # In law, a proctor is a historica ...
of
Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...
in 1939;
Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History The Vere Harmsworth Professorship of Imperial and Naval History is one of the senior List of Professorships at the University of Cambridge, professorships in history at the University of Cambridge. After the Beit Professor of Commonwealth History, ...
from 1951 to 1970; and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge from 1957 to 1973. He died in
Heydon, Cambridgeshire Heydon is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. The parish of Heydon was transferred from Essex to Cambridgeshire in 1894. The area of the parish is . It is situated on one of the highest places in Cambridgeshire, with the nea ...
, in 1979.


External links


McGill University: E. E. Rich (1964). Lectures - Montreal and the Fur Trade.


References

Writers from Bristol People educated at Colston's School Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge 20th-century English educators Fellows of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Masters of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Vere Harmsworth Professors of Imperial and Naval History 1904 births 1979 deaths {{England-historian-stub