Donald Cameron Watt Explained
| Donald Cameron Watt |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 1928 |
| Death Date: | 30 October 2014 |
| Education: | Rugby School |
| Alma Mater: | Oriel College, Oxford |
| Occupation: | Historian |
| Spouse: | - Marianne Grau
- Felicia Stanley
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| Children: | 1 son |
Donald Cameron Watt (17 May 1928 – 30 October 2014) was a British historian.
Early life
Donald Cameron Watt was a chorister in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and then was educated at Rugby School.[1] [2] He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oriel College, Oxford, graduating from Oxford University with a bachelor's degree in 1951.[1]
Career
Watt served as a Professor of International History at the London School of Economics,[2] where he served as the Head of the Department and Stevenson Chair of International History from 1981 to 1993.[1]
Watt edited Survey of International Affairs at Chatham House from 1962 to 1971.[1] He was the author or co-author of 25 books.[1] He won the Wolfson History Prize in 1990.[1]
Personal life and death
Watt was married twice. He first married Marianne Grau in 1951, and they had a son.[1] After she died in 1962, he married Felicia Stanley. She predeceased him in 1997.[1]
Watt died on 30 October 2014.[1] He was 86 years old.[1]
Works
- Book: Watt. Donald Cameron. Documents on the Suez Crisis, 26 July to 6 November 1956. 1957. Royal Institute of International Affairs. London, U.K.. 818220.
- Book: Mayall. James. Navari. Cornelia. Watt. Donald Cameron. Documents on International Affairs, 1963. 1973. Oxford University Press. London, U.K.. 1331464.
- Book: Watt. Donald Cameron. Personalities and Policies: Studies in the Formulation of British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century. 1965. University of Notre Dame Press. Notre Dame, Indiana. 404671.
- Book: Watt. Donald Cameron. Britain Looks to Germany: British Opinion and Policy Towards Germany Since 1945. registration. 1965. O. Wolff. London, U.K.. 358292.
- Book: Brown. Neville. Spencer. Frank. Watt. Donald Cameron. A History of the World in the Twentieth Century. 1968. Scott Foresman. New York. 6536389.
- Book: Watt. Donald Cameron. Contemporary History in Europe: Problems and Perspectives. 1969. Praeger. New York. 11705.
- Book: Mayall. James. Watt. Donald Cameron. Current British Foreign Policy: Documents, Statements, Speeches, 1971. 1973. Temple Smith. London, U.K.. 9780851170411. 55644303.
- Book: Watt. Donald Cameron. Too Serious a Business: European Armed Forces and the Approach to the Second World War. 1975. University of California Press. Berkeley, California. 9780520028296. 1370478.
- Book: Watt. Donald Cameron. Succeeding John Bull: America in Britain's Place, 1900-1975: A Study of the Anglo-American Relationship and World Politics in the Context of British and American Foreign Policy-Making in the Twentieth Century. 1984. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, U.K.. 9780521250221. 9686557.
- Book: Watts. Donald Cameron. How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War, 1938-1939. 1989. Pantheon Books. New York. 9780394579160. 19921655.
Notes and References
- News: Professsor Donald Cameron Watt - obituary. July 1, 2016. The Daily Telegraph.
- News: Professor Donald Cameron Watt. July 1, 2016. The Times. February 4, 2015.
