Edwin Rich (historian)

Edwin Ernest Rich[1] (born Bristol 4 August 1904; died: Heydon 7 July 1979)[2] was a 20th-century historian.[3]

Edwin Ernest Rich
Born4 August 1904
Bristol, England
Died7 July 1979
Heydon, England
OccupationHistorian

Education

Rich was educated at Colston's School and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge from 1930 to 1957; Proctor of Cambridge University in 1939;[4] Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History from 1951 to 1970; and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge[5] from 1957 to 1973.[6]

References
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  2. World Cat
  3. Amongst others he wrote "The Staple Court Books of Bristol", 1934; "Ordinances of the Merchants of the Staple", 1935; "The Hudson's Bay Company, 1670–1870", 1959; " Montreal and the Fur Trade", 1966; and "The Fur Trade and the Northwest", 1967 > British Library web site accessed 14 December 2018
  4. University web-site
  5. Masters of St Catherine's
  6. "Daly, Henry Varian". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 December 2018. (subscription or UK public library membership required)


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