John Lynch (historian)

This article is about the British historian of Spanish America. For the 17th-century Irish historian, see John Lynch (Gratianus Lucius).

John Lynch (11 January 1927 – 4 April 2018) was Professor of Latin American History at the University of London.[1][2] He spent most of his academic career at University College, and then from 1974 to 1987 as Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies. The main focus of his work was Spanish America in the period 1750–1850.

  1. ^ "Honorary and Named Fellows at the ISA". Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  2. ^ Lupu, Noam (23 July 2006). "The great liberator of S. America / Masterly new biography of BolÃvar is the first in English in half a century - SFGate". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 1 November 2010.