Hyam, Ronald

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HYAM, Ronald

HYAM, Ronald. British, b. 1936. Genres: History. Career: Cambridge University, Magdalene College, Lecturer in History, 1960-2002, Fellow, 1962-, President, 1996-98, University Reader in British Imperial History, 1996-99. Publications: Elgin and Churchill at the Colonial Office 1905-1908, 1968; A History of Isleworth Grammar School, 1969; The Failure of South African Expansion 1908-1948, 1972; (with G.W. Martin) Reappraisals in British Imperial History, 1975; Britain's Imperial Century 1815-1914: A Study of Empire and Expansion, 1976, 3rd ed., 2002; Empire and Sexuality: The British Experience, 1990; (with P.J. Henshaw) The Lion and the Springbok: Britain and South Africa since the Boer War, 2002. EDITOR: The Labour Government and the End of Empire, 4 vols, 1945-1951; A History of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1428-1988, 1994; (joint) The Conservative Government and the End of Empire, 1957-64, 2 vols., 2000. Address: Magdalene College, Cambridge CB3 0AG, England.