John D. Hargreaves

John Desmond Hargreaves (25 January 1924 – 14 February 2015) was the Burnett-Fletcher Professor of History at the University of Aberdeen.

Hargreaves was noted for his work on the history of Africa; its colonisation and de-colonisation. His career at Aberdeen began in 1954 when he was appointed as a lecturer in History. Hargreaves received his chair in 1962.

Hargreaves went part-time in 1982 and retired in 1985.[1] A Festschrift was produced in his honour.[2]

Hargreaves died on 14 February 2015 at the age of 91.[3]

Selected publications

  • Hargreaves, John D. Prelude to the Partition of West Africa, London, Macmillan (1963).
  • Hargreaves, John D. West Africa: The Former French States, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall (1967).
  • Hargreaves, John D. West Africa Partitioned: The Loaded Pause, 1885-89. Vol. 1, London, Macmillan (1974).
  • Hargreaves, John D. The End of Colonial Rule in West Africa, London, The Historical Association (1976).
  • Hargreaves, John D. The End of Colonial Rule in West Africa: Essays in Contemporary History, London, Macmillan (1979).
  • Hargreaves, John D. West Africa Partitioned: The Elephants and the Grass. Vol. 2, London, Macmillan (1985).
  • Hargreaves, John D. Decolonization in Africa, London, Longman (1988; 2nd ed. 1996).

Festschrift

  • Bridges, Roy (1999) Imperialism, Decolonization and Africa: Studies Presented to John Hargreaves (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series) Basingstoke : Macmillan[4]

References

  1. ↑ Bridges, Roy (1997) John D. Hargreaves : an academic memoir and bibliography, Dept. of History
  2. ↑ Bridges, Roy (1999) Imperialism, decolonization, and Africa : studies presented to John Hargreaves: with an academic memoir and bibliography
  3. ↑ "John Hargreaves obituary". The Guardian. 16 March 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Canning, Paul M. (2001) Review of Imperialism, Decolonization, and Africa: Studies Presented to John Hargreaves: With an Academic Memoir and Bibliography by Roy Bridges, The International History Review Vol. 23, No. 2 Jun., pp. 430-432
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