Roberts, John Morris

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ROBERTS, John Morris

ROBERTS, John Morris. British, b. 1928. Genres: History. Career: Warden, Merton College, Oxford, 1984-94. Fellow, Magdalen College, 1951- 53, and Merton College, 1953-79. Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, 1960; Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton, 1979-85. Publications: (ed.) French Revolution Documents, vol. I, 1966; Europe 1880-1945, 1967, 3rd ed., 2001; The Mythology of the Secret Societies, 1972; The Paris Commune from the Right, 1973; Revolution and Improvement, 1776-1847, 1974; The History of the World, 1976, 4th ed., 2003; The French Revolution, 1978, 2nd ed., 1997; Illustrated History of the World, 1980; The Triumph of the West, 1985; The Twentieth Century: The History of the World, 1901 to 2000, 2000. Died 2003.

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