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]
Barbara Emerson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | St. Hilda's College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Historian and Biographer |
| Spouse | Michael Emerson (div) |
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
edit- The Black Prince (1976)
- Leopold II of the Belgians: King of Colonialism (1979)
- Paul Delvaux (1985)
- The First Cold War: Anglo-Russian Relations in the 19th Century, Hurst Publishing, 2024
References
edit- ^ "» Author Bios Advanced Historical Method 304". Blogs.dickinson.edu. 22 September 2010. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ ""The memory of Congo : the colonial era"". Oxfordandcambridge.be. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ Bates, Stephen (13 May 1999). "The Hidden Holocaust". The Guardian.
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