Muriel Evelyn Chamberlain (November 1932 - 8 February 2022) was emeritus professor of history at the University of Wales, Swansea (later called Swansea University).[1] She was a specialist in European colonisation and de-colonisation and British foreign policy in the nineteenth century.[2] Chamberlain was one of the general editors of the Historical Association Studies book series, vice-chair of the Historical Association and editor of its journal The Historian.[1][3]

In 1975 she became the first woman to reach the role of dean at the university, in 1987 was promoted to professor and in 1989 was voted into her first term as head of the history department. She retired in 1997 and continued to write books and articles. She died in 2022.[3]

As well as her specialist interest in the British empire and Commonwealth history, she wrote the first biography of George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, a politician who was Prime Minister from 1852 until 1855.[4] She chaired the trustees of the Cambrian Archaeological Association for many years and was President of the society in 2003.[3]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b Cover notes. Decolonisation: The Fall of the European Empires. Blackwell, Oxford, 1985. ISBN 0631139354
  2. ^ Decolonisation: The Fall of the European Empires, 2nd Edition. Wiley. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Simpson, Michael (31 March 2022). "Muriel Chamberlain obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. ^ Chamberlain, M. E. (1983). Lord Aberdeen: A Political Biography. Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc. p. 602. ISBN 978-0582504622.

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