Christopher Andrew (historian)

Christopher Andrew FRHistS
Andrew in 2008
Born	Christopher Maurice Andrew (1941-07-23) 23 July 1941 (age 83)
Nationality	British
Education	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (MA, PhD)
Occupation	Secret Intelligence Historian
Known for	Official Historian of the Security Service (MI5)

Christopher Maurice Andrew, FRHistS (born 23 July 1941) is an Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Cambridge with an interest in international relations and in particular the history of intelligence services.

Andrew is a former Chair of the History Faculty at Cambridge University, Official Historian of the Security Service (MI5), Honorary Air Commodore of 7006 (VR) Intelligence Squadron in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Chairman of the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar, and former Visiting Professor at Harvard, Toronto and Canberra. Andrew served as co-editor of Intelligence and National Security, and a presenter of BBC radio and TV documentaries, including the Radio Four series What If?. His twelve previous books include a number of studies on the use and abuse of secret intelligence in modern history.