Richard Hodder-Williams (born 18 March 1943, Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England) is a British Africanist, Americanist and political scientist. He studied at Rugby School (1959-1961) and Christ Church, Oxford and is an emeritus professor of politics at the University of Bristol, where he also served as a Pro-(Vice-)Chancellor. He was director of Badminton School, Bristol (1993–2008), Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, England (2000–2016) and Fairfield P.N.E.U. School, Bristol (1991–1999),[1] [2] [3] and president to the African Studies Association of the United Kingdom from 1996 to 1998. In 2008–2009 he was a High Sheriff of the City of Bristol.[4] In 2016 the African Studies Association of the UK awarded him the Distinguished Africanist Award for his contributions to African Studies in the UK.[5]
Selected publications
editHis publications include:[6]
- Public opinion polls and British politics, London, Routledge & K. Paul, 1970
- The politics of the US Supreme Court, London; Boston: G. Allen & Unwin, 1980
- White farmers in Rhodesia, 1890–1965: a history of the Marandellas, London: Macmillan, 1983
- Conflict in Zimbabwe: the Matabeleland problem, London, England: Institute for the Study of Conflict, 1983. Conflict studies no. 151
- Politics in Britain and the United States: Comparative Perspectives, Richard Hodder-Williams and James W. Ceaser (eds.), Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1986
- A Directory of Africanists in Britain, Bristol, Avon. Published on behalf of the Royal African Society by the University of Bristol, 1986
- Churchill to Major: The British Prime Ministership since 1945 by L. Borthwick, Martin Burch, and Philip Giddings. Donald Shell and Richard Hodder-Williams (eds.), Routledge, 1995
- Judges and politics in the contemporary age, London: Bowerdean, 1996
- Land-Locked States of Africa and Asia, Richard Hodder-Williams, Keith McLachlan, and Sarah J. Lloyd (eds.), 1997
- An Introduction to the Politics of Tropical Africa, Routledge Library Editions: Development, 2010
References
edit- ^ "Richard Hodder Williams". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Richard Hodder Williams". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021., member of Club Eymetois de Cricket
- ^ "Search for "hodder-williams chancellor"". www.bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "No. 58639". The London Gazette. 13 March 2008. p. 3947.
- ^ "Prof Richard Hodder-Williams receives Distinguished Africanist Award". www.bristol.ac.uk. University of Bristol. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Hodder-Williams, Richard". Worldcat.org. OCLC. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
External links
edit- Richard Hodder-Williams in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- "Richard Hodder-Williams". openlibrary.org. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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