Robin Darwall-Smith Explained

Robin Darwall-Smith
Honorific Suffix:	FRHistS
Occupation:	Archivist
Boards:	Oxford Historical Society (trustee since 2014)^[1]
Website:	univ.ox.ac.uk
Alma Mater:	University College, Oxford University of Liverpool
Influences:	George Cawkwell^[2]
Discipline:	Classics Archives
Sub Discipline:	Academic archives
Workplaces:	Jesus College, Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford, University College, Oxford
Main Interests:	College archives
Notable Works:	A History of University College, Oxford (OUP, 2008)

Robin Haydon Darwall-Smith FRHistS is a British archivist, based in Oxford and associated with several Oxford University College archives.

Robin Darwall-Smith studied classics at University College, Oxford under George Cawkwell, as an undergraduate and postgraduate.^[3] He then trained as an archivist at the University of Liverpool. While at Oxford, Darwall-Smith represented University College on the television quiz show University Challenge in 1987, reaching the series final.^[4]

Darwall-Smith has been an archivist for Jesus College, Magdalen College,^[5] and University College^[6] at Oxford.

Robin Darwall-Smith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2010. He appeared on the television documentary series Ian Hislop's Olden Days in 2014.^[7]

Selected books

Robin Darwall-Smith has written a number of books, including:^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

• The Jowett papers: A summary catalogue of the papers of Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893) at Balliol College, Oxford. Balliol College Library, 1993.
• Emperors and Architecture: A Study of Flavian Rome, Peeters. 1996. ^[12]
• Account Rolls of University College, Oxford, Vol I (1381–1471), John Wiley & Sons, 1999. ^{[13] [14]}
• Account Rolls of University College, Oxford, Vol II (1472–1597), Oxford Historical Society, 2001.
• The Architectural Drawings of Magdalen College: A Catalogue, Oxford University Press, 2002. (with Roger White)
• A History of University College, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008. ^[15]
• Early Records of University College, Oxford Historical Society, 2015. ^{[16] [17]}
• History of Universities, volume XXXV/1, Oxford University Press, 2022. (edited with Peregrine Horden)^[18]
• Music in Twentieth-Century Oxford: New Directions, Boydell Press, 2023. (edited with Susan Wollenberg)^[19]

See also

• List of archivists
• The Annals of University College

External links

• • Dr Robin Darwall-Smith: Can a Great Man be a Good Master? William Beveridge as Master of Univ on Vimeo
• University Challenge – 1st September 1987 on YouTube

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oxford Historical Society . . 26 August 2022 .
2. Book: George Cawkwell of Oxford . Rajiva . Wijesinha . Rajiva Wijesinha . George Cawkwell and College History . 74–82 . S. Godage & Brothers . 2019 . 978-624-00-0293-6 .
3. Web site: About Robin Darwall-Smith . The Property Chronicle . 19 June 2020 .
4. Web site: University Challenge Tuesday 1st September 1987 . . 14 July 2021 . en . 2022-04-25.
5. Web site: Magdalen's Archivist, Dr Robin Darwall-Smith, Elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society . 12 October 2010 . News . . 19 June 2020 .
6. Web site: Profile: Dr Robin Darwall-Smith . . News . 19 June 2020 .
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8. Web site: Robin Darwall-Smith's Books . . 19 June 2020 .
9. Web site: Robin Darwall-Smith . . . 19 June 2020 .
10. Web site: Robin Darwall-Smith . . . 19 June 2020 .
11. Web site: Darwall-Smith, Robin . . 19 June 2020 .
12. Darwall-Smith (Robin Haydon). Emperors and Architecture: A Study of Flavian Rome . Gros . Pierre . Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire . 1999 . 77-1 . 253–255 .
13. Review: R. H. Darwall–Smith (ed.), Account rolls of University College, Oxford. Volume I: 1381/2–1470/1; Volume II: 1471/2–1596/7 . Woolgar . Christopher . 2002 . . 55 . 3 . 565 . 10.1111/1468-0289.00232 .
14. Account Rolls of University College, Oxford. Vol. I: 1381/2–1470/1; Vol. II: 1471/2–1596/7 . Rosamond . Faith . . 119 . 483 . September 2004 . 1046–1047 . 10.1093/ehr/119.483.1046 .
15. A History of University College, Oxford, by Robin Darwall-Smith (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2008; pp. xxvi + 605. £75) . J. . Davis . . CXXV . 514 . June 2010 . 685–686 . 10.1093/ehr/ceq101 .
16. . 38 . April 2017 . 1 . Book Reviews – Early records of University College Oxford . A. C. . Green . 163–164 . . 10.1080/23257962.2017.1283601 .
17. R. H. Darwall-Smith (ed.): Early Records of University College, Oxford . Marritt . S. . 2017 . Sehepunkte . 17 . 2 .
18. Web site: History of Universities XXXV/1 . 2022 . . UK . 18 May 2023 .
19. Web site: Music in Twentieth-Century Oxford: New Directions . 29 March 2023 . . UK . 14 May 2023 .