Richard Pankhurst (historian)

For his grandfather the barrister, see Richard Pankhurst.
For the British botanist, see Richard Pankhurst (botanist).
Richard Pankhurst
Pankhurst sitting in a library in London on 20 September 1979
Born
Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst

(1927-12-03)3 December 1927
Woodford Green, United Kingdom
Died16 February 2017(2017-02-16) (aged 89)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Spouse
Rita Eldon
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(m. 1957)​
Children Alula (born 1962)
Helen (born 1964)
Parent(s)Sylvia Pankhurst (mother)
Silvio Corio (father)
Academic background
EducationLondon School of Economics

Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst OBE (3 December 1927 – 16 February 2017) was a British scholar, founding member of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, and former professor at the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.[1] His books have been reviewed in scholarly journals, with Edward Ullendorff calling his The Ethiopians as another testimony to his "remarkable diligence and industry in the service of Ethiopian studies". He is known for his research on economic history and socio-cultural studies on Ethiopia.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ 17th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, General Program brochure, 1–5 Nov. 2009
  2. ^ Ullendorff, Edward (1998). "Review of The Ethiopians (The Peoples of Africa series)". Rassegna di Studi Etiopici. 42: 176–180. JSTOR 41299969.
  3. ^ Pankhurst, Rita (2007). "RICHARD PANKHURST: Bibliography of Published Writings since 2000". Journal of Ethiopian Studies. 40 (1/2): 361–370. JSTOR 41988238.
  4. ^ See also: Historical metrology
  5. ^ Bekele, Shiferaw (28 March 2018). "In memoriam Richard Pankhurst (1927–2017)". Aethiopica. 20. doi:10.15460/aethiopica.20.1.1137.