Anthony Kirk-Greene | |
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| Born | Anthony Hamilton Millard Kirk-Greene May 16, 1925 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom |
| Died | 8 July 2018 (aged 93) Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Colonial administrator and academic historian. |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Subject | History of Nigeria and British colonial administration |
Anthony Hamilton Millard Kirk-Greene CMG MBE (16 May 1925[1] – 8 July 2018) was a British historian and ethnographer best known for his works on Nigerian history and the history of British colonial administration in Africa. After a career as a colonial official, Kirk-Greene became a fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford,[2] where he was lecturer in the modern history of Africa from 1967 to 1992. He was president of the African Studies Association of the UK from 1988 to 1990 and vice-president of the Royal African Society.