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Robin Haydon Darwall-Smith FRHistS FSA 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. 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.

Darwall-Smith has been an archivist for Jesus College, Magdalen College, and University College at Oxford.

Robin Darwall-Smith was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2009 and of the Royal Historical Society in 2010. He appeared on the television documentary series Ian Hislop's Olden Days in 2014.

Selected books

Robin Darwall-Smith has written a number of books, including:

• The Jowett papers: A summary catalogue of the papers of Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893) at Balliol College, Oxford. Balliol College Library, 1993. ISBN 978-0951256930
• Emperors and Architecture: A Study of Flavian Rome, Peeters. 1996. ISBN 978-2870311714
• Account Rolls of University College, Oxford, Vol I (1381–1471), John Wiley & Sons, 1999. ISBN 978-0904107173
• Account Rolls of University College, Oxford, Vol II (1472–1597), Oxford Historical Society, 2001. ISBN 978-0904107197
• The Architectural Drawings of Magdalen College: A Catalogue, Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0199248667 (with Roger White)
• A History of University College, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0199284290
• Early Records of University College, Oxford Historical Society, 2015. ISBN 978-0904107272
• History of Universities, volume XXXV/1, Oxford University Press, 2022. ISBN 978-0192867445 (edited with Peregrine Horden)
• Music in Twentieth-Century Oxford: New Directions, Boydell Press, 2023. ISBN 978-1783277247 (edited with Susan Wollenberg)

See also

• List of archivists
• The Annals of University College

References

1. ^ Wijesinha, Rajiva, ed. (2019). "George Cawkwell and College History". George Cawkwell of Oxford. S. Godage & Brothers. pp. 74–82. ISBN 978-624-00-0293-6.
2. "Oxford Historical Society". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
3. ^ "About Robin Darwall-Smith". The Property Chronicle. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
4. "University Challenge Tuesday 1st September 1987". YouTube. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
5. ^ "Magdalen's Archivist, Dr Robin Darwall-Smith, Elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society". News. Magdalen College, Oxford. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
6. "Profile: Dr Robin Darwall-Smith". News. University College, Oxford. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
7. "Dr Robin Darwall-Smith". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
8. Robin Darwall-Smith at IMDb.
9. "Robin Darwall-Smith's Books". Goodreads. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
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11. "Robin Darwall-Smith". AbeBooks.com. Abe Books. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
12. "Darwall-Smith, Robin". WorldCat. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
13. Gros, Pierre (1999). "Darwall-Smith (Robin Haydon). Emperors and Architecture: A Study of Flavian Rome". Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire. 77–1: 253–255.
14. ^ Woolgar, Christopher (2002). "Review: R. H. Darwall–Smith (ed.), Account rolls of University College, Oxford. Volume I: 1381/2–1470/1; Volume II: 1471/2–1596/7". The Economic History Review. 55 (3): 565. doi:10.1111/1468-0289.00232.
15. ^ Faith, Rosamond (September 2004). "Account Rolls of University College, Oxford. Vol. I: 1381/2–1470/1; Vol. II: 1471/2–1596/7". The English Historical Review. 119 (483): 1046–1047. doi:10.1093/ehr/119.483.1046.
16. Davis, J. (June 2010). "A History of University College, Oxford, by Robin Darwall-Smith (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2008; pp. xxvi + 605. £75)". The English Historical Review. CXXV (514): 685–686. doi:10.1093/ehr/ceq101.
17. Green, A. C. (April 2017). "Book Reviews – Early records of University College Oxford". The Journal of the Archives and Records Association. 38 (1). Taylor & Francis: 163–164. doi:10.1080/23257962.2017.1283601.
18. Marritt, S. (2017). "R. H. Darwall-Smith (ed.): Early Records of University College, Oxford". Sehepunkte. 17 (2).
19. "History of Universities XXXV/1". UK: Oxford University Press. 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
20. "Music in Twentieth-Century Oxford: New Directions". UK: Faculty of Music, University of Oxford. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

External links

• Robin Darwall-Smith at IMDb
• 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

• Living people
• 20th-century English male writers
• 20th-century English historians
• 21st-century English writers
• 21st-century English male writers
• 21st-century English historians
• Alumni of University College, Oxford
• Alumni of the University of Liverpool
• English archivists
• Local historians of England
• People associated with Jesus College, Oxford
• People associated with Magdalen College, Oxford
• People associated with University College, Oxford
• Fellows of the Royal Historical Society
• Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London