__NOTOC__ Robin Haydon Darwall-Smith is a British

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, based in

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and associated with several

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College archives. Robin Darwall-Smith studied

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under

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, as an undergraduate and postgraduate. He then trained as an archivist at the

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. While at Oxford, Darwall-Smith represented

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on the television quiz show

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in 1987, reaching the series final. Darwall-Smith has been an archivist for Jesus College,

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, and

at Oxford. Robin Darwall-Smith was elected a

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of the

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in 2009 and of the

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in 2010. He appeared on the television documentary series ''

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's Olden Days'' in 2014.

Selected books

Robin Darwall-Smith has written a number of books, including: * ''The Jowett papers: A summary catalogue of the papers of Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893) at Balliol College, Oxford''.

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Library, 1993. * ''Emperors and Architecture: A Study of Flavian Rome'',

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. 1996. * ''Account Rolls of University College, Oxford, Vol I (1381–1471)'',

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, 1999. * ''Account Rolls of University College, Oxford, Vol II (1472–1597)'',

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, 2001. * ''The Architectural Drawings of Magdalen College: A Catalogue'',

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, 2002. (with Roger White) * ''A History of University College, Oxford'',

, 2008. * ''Early Records of University College'',

, 2015. * ''History of Universities'', volume XXXV/1,

, 2022. (edited with

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) * ''Music in Twentieth-Century Oxford: New Directions'',

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, 2023. (edited with Susan Wollenberg)

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Dr Robin Darwall-Smith: Can a Great Man be a Good Master? William Beveridge as Master of Univ
on

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University Challenge – 1st September 1987
on

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Selected books

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