Robin Darwall-Smith

Robin Darwall-Smith
Robin Darwall-Smith
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University College, Oxford ; University of Liverpool
Occupation	Archivist

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 as an undergraduate and postgraduate.[1] 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.[2]

Darwall-Smith has been an archivist for Jesus College, Magdalen College,[3] and University College[4] at Oxford.[1]

Robin Darwall-Smith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2010.[3] He appeared on the television series Ian Hislop's Olden Days in 2014.[5]

Selected books

Robin Darwall-Smith has written a number of books, including:[6][7][8][9]

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

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