Robert Keith Middlemas (1935–2013) was an English historian, known for works on modern European political history.[1]

Robert Middlemas
BornRobert Keith Middlemas
26 May 1935
Alnwick, Northumberland
Died10 July 2013(2013-07-10) (aged 78)
West Burton, Sussex
EducationStowe School
GenreModern European political history
Years active1969 - 2013

Life

Middlemas was born in Alnwick, Northumberland on 26 May 1935.[1] He was educated at Stowe School and then joined the Northumberland Fusiliers, before entering Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating with a first class degree in history.[2]

Entering the Civil Service, Middlemas worked as a House of Commons clerk for nine years. From 1967 he was a lecturer at the University of Sussex.[1] He became a reader there in 1976, and Professor in 1986.[2]

Middlemas published 21 books.[1]

He died at West Burton, Sussex on 10 July 2013.[2]

Bibliography

Middlemas published 21 books: [1][3]

Political Biographies

  • The Life and Times of Edward VII (1972)
  • Baldwin: A Biography (1969), co-written with John Barnes
  • The Life And Times Of George VI (1974)

European Politics

  • Orchestrating Europe: The Informal Politics Of The European Union, 1973 95
  • Diplomacy of Illusion: The British Government and Germany, 1937-1939 (1972)
  • Politics in Industrial Society: The Experience of the British System Since 1911 (1979)
  • Power and the Party: Changing Faces of Communism in Western Europe (1980)

Other

  • Continental Coloured Glass (1971)
  • Antique Colored Glass
  • Power, Competition And The State (1971)
  • Cabora Bassa: Engineering And Politics In Southern Africa (1975)
  • The Double Market: Art Theft And Art Thieves (1975)
  • Pursuit of Pleasure: High Society in the 1900s (1977)
  • As They Really Were: The Citizens of Alnwick 1831 (2012)
  • Industry, Unions and Government: Twenty-One Years of Nedc (1983)
  • Kinship and Survival: The Middlemas Name Through 600 Years (1990)


The private papers of Keith Middlemas are deposited at the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Professor Keith Middlemas - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Barker, Nicholas (25 August 2013). "Professor Keith Middlemas: Historian acclaimed for his work on the politics of modern Europe". The Independent. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Keith Middlemas". Goodreads. Retrieved 11 December 2022.


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