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Barbara Emerson
Nationality British
Alma mater St. Hilda's College, Oxford
Occupation(s) Historian and Biographer
SpouseMichael Emerson (div)

Barbara Emerson is an English historian and biographer, known for her biography of King Leopold II of Belgium. She was also a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford. [1]

Emerson received her degree in PPE from St Hilda's College, Oxford where she later taught. [2]

She was highly critical of Adam Hochschild's book King Leopold's Ghost, rebuking it in The Guardian as "a very shoddy piece of work." [3]

Works

  • The Black Prince (1976)
  • Leopold II of the Belgians: King of Colonialism (1979)
  • Paul Delvaux (1985)

References

  1. ^ "» Author Bios Advanced Historical Method 304". Blogs.dickinson.edu. 22 September 2010. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  2. ^ ""The memory of Congo : the colonial era"". Oxfordandcambridge.be. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  3. ^ Bates, Stephen (13 May 1999). "The Hidden Holocaust". The Guardian.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barbara Emerson
Nationality British
Alma mater St. Hilda's College, Oxford
Occupation(s) Historian and Biographer
SpouseMichael Emerson (div)

Barbara Emerson is an English historian and biographer, known for her biography of King Leopold II of Belgium. She was also a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford. [1]

Emerson received her degree in PPE from St Hilda's College, Oxford where she later taught. [2]

She was highly critical of Adam Hochschild's book King Leopold's Ghost, rebuking it in The Guardian as "a very shoddy piece of work." [3]

Works

  • The Black Prince (1976)
  • Leopold II of the Belgians: King of Colonialism (1979)
  • Paul Delvaux (1985)

References

  1. ^ "» Author Bios Advanced Historical Method 304". Blogs.dickinson.edu. 22 September 2010. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  2. ^ ""The memory of Congo : the colonial era"". Oxfordandcambridge.be. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  3. ^ Bates, Stephen (13 May 1999). "The Hidden Holocaust". The Guardian.



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