David N. Dilks, PhD, FRHistS, FRSL, (born April 17, 1938) is a British historian and emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Leeds. He was born in Coventry, foleshill and attended The Royal Grammar School before winning a scholarship to Hertford College, Oxford to read History. He remained in Oxford to do research at St Antony's College before becoming research assistant to Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan.

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  • David N. Dilks, PhD, FRHistS, FRSL, (born April 17, 1938) is a British historian and emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Leeds. He was born in Coventry, foleshill and attended The Royal Grammar School before winning a scholarship to Hertford College, Oxford to read History. He remained in Oxford to do research at St Antony's College before becoming research assistant to Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan. He was the official biographer of the latter as well as producing a two volume biography of the viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, and Neville Chamberlain. In 1977 he became a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Professor Dilks became Vice Chancellor of the University of Hull in 1991, a position he retained until 1999. He remains on many political and international committees including The Guardian politics advisory council, Politea and the International Committee for the History of the Second World War (of which he was president). He was also president of the Churchill Society and has recently written a book on Churchill's time in Canada.
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  • David N. Dilks, PhD, FRHistS, FRSL, (born April 17, 1938) is a British historian and emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Leeds. He was born in Coventry, foleshill and attended The Royal Grammar School before winning a scholarship to Hertford College, Oxford to read History. He remained in Oxford to do research at St Antony's College before becoming research assistant to Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan.
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  • David Dilks
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