Edwin Ernest Rich | |
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Born | 4 August 1904 |
Died | 7 July 1979 |
Occupation | Historian |
Edwin Ernest Rich [1] (born Bristol 4 August 1904; died: Heydon 7 July 1979) [2] was a 20th-century historian. [3]
Rich was educated at Colston's School and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, from 1930 to 1957; Proctor of Cambridge University in 1939; [4] Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History from 1951 to 1970; and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge [5] from 1957 to 1973. [6]