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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Latham, Robert (1912-1995), Historian, Pepys Librarian and Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Parallel form(s) of name
- Robert Clifford Latham, CBE, FBA
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Description area
Dates of existence
1912-1995
History
Educated at Queens’ College Cambridge (double starred first in History). University Reader in History, Royal Holloway College, London (1942-1968), Professor of History, University of Toronto (1968-1969), Research Fellow of Magdalene College (1970-1972), Official Fellow and Pepys Librarian (1972-1982), Honorary Fellow (1984).
Editor of the definitive edition of The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 11 vols (1970-1983).
College Magazine
Obituary by R. Luckett, College Magazine, No. 39 (1994-95) pp. 3-6