Anthony Low Explained

D.A. Low

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Birth Name:

Donald Anthony Low

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British India

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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

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Australian

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Historian (British Commonwealth)

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Oxford University

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Study of decolonization

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Term Start1:	1987
Term End1:	1994
Successor1:	Dame Gillian Beer

Donald Anthony Low (22 June 1927 – 12 February 2015), known as Anthony Low or D. A. Low, was a historian of modern South Asia, Africa, the British Commonwealth, and, especially, decolonization. He was the Emeritus Smuts Professor of History of the British Commonwealth at the University of Cambridge, former Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University, Canberra, and President of Clare Hall, Cambridge.^[1]

Education

Low was born in 1927^[2] and gained his doctorate from Oxford University.^[3]

Career highlights

The academic positions which Professor Low has held include the following:

Founding Dean of the School of African and Asian Studies, University of Sussex, 1968–1971
Dean, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), Australian National University, 1973–1974
Vice Chancellor, Australian National University, Canberra, 1975–1982
Smuts Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth, University of Cambridge, 1983–1994
President, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, 1987–1994

Fellowships

Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA)^[4]
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS)^[5]
Honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.^[6]

Selected bibliography

Books

Book: Low. D.A.. Political parties in Uganda 1949-62. 1962. Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, Athlone Press. London. 1st.
Book: Low. D.A. . Soundings in modern South Asian history. 1968. University of California Press. California .
Book: Low, D.A. . Lion rampant; essays in the study of British imperialism . Cass . London . 1973 . 9780714629865 . registration .
Book: Low . D.A. . The Indian National Congress: Centenary Hindsights . Oxford University Press . Delhi . 1988 . 0195621425.
Book: Low, D.A. . Eclipse of empire . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge New York . 1991 . 9780521457545 .
Book: Low, D.A. . The egalitarian moment: Asia and Africa, 1950-1980 . registration . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge New York . 1996 . 9780521567657 .
Book: Low, D.A. . Britain and Indian nationalism: the imprint of ambiguity, 1929-1942 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1997 . 9780521892612 .
Book: Low, D.A. . Congress and the Raj: facets of the Indian struggle, 1917-47 . Oxford University Press . New Delhi Oxford . 2006 . 2nd . 9780195683677 .
Book: Low, D.A. . Fabrication of empire : the British and the Uganda kingdoms, 1890-1902 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK New York . 2009 . 9780521843515 .

Chapters in books

Notes and References

Web site: Emeritus Professor Anthony Low AO. Academy of the social sciences in Australia | Fellowships. 21 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140315005709/http://www.assa.edu.au/fellowship/fellow/189. 15 March 2014. dead.
Web site: Birthday's today. https://web.archive.org/web/20110623141401/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-6-22.html . dead . 23 June 2011 . The Telegraph. 21 June 2014. 22 June 2011. Prof D.A. Low, President of Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1987–94, 84 .
Web site: List of Honorary Fellows. Exeter College, Oxford. 21 June 2014. Prof Anthony Low - DPhil Oxf, FAHA, FASSA. https://web.archive.org/web/20140618074430/http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/college/rectorandfellows/honorary. 18 June 2014. dead.
Web site: The Academy Fellows 'L'. The Australian Academy of the Humanities. 21 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140301202546/http://humanities.org.au/Fellowship/FindFellows/tabid/123/naaz-140/L/currentpage/2/Default.aspx. 1 March 2014. dead.
Web site: Professor Donald Anthony Low Collection. National University of Singapore | NUS Libraries. 21 June 2014.
Web site: Archived copy . 16 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140618074430/http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/college/rectorandfellows/honorary . 18 June 2014 . dead .