John D. Hargreaves Explained

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 (1967) West Africa: the former French states, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall

Festschrift

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

Notes and 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. Web site: John Hargreaves obituary . 16 March 2015 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230403233019/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/16/john-hargreaves . 3 April 2023 . live .
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