David Dilks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetDavid Dilks
British historian
Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1938
Place of Birth: Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Profession: scientist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About David Dilks
- David N.
- Dilks PhD FRHistS FRSL (born 17 March 1938) is a British historian and former Professor of International History at the University of Leeds. Dilks was born in Foleshill, a suburb of Coventry, and attended The Royal Grammar School Worcester 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 a biography of 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.
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