Barbara Emerson

Barbara Emerson
Nationality British
Alma mater St. Hilda's College, Oxford
Occupation Historian and Biographer
Notable work Leopold II of the Belgians: King of Colonialism "The Black Prince" "Paul Devaux"
Spouse(s) Michael Emerson (div)

Barbara Emerson is an English historian and biographer, known for her biography of King Leopold II of Belgium. She was also a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford.[1]

Emerson received her degree in PPE from St Hilda's College, Oxford where she later taught.[2]

She was highly critical of Adam Hochschild's book King Leopold's Ghost, rebuking it in The Guardian as "a very shoddy piece of work."[3]

Works

  • Barbara Emerson, The Black Prince, (1976)

Leopold II of the Belgians: King of Colonialism, (1979) Paul Devaux, (1985)

References

  1. ↑ "» Author Bios Advanced Historical Method 304". Blogs.dickinson.edu. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  2. ↑ ""The memory of Congo : the colonial era"". Oxfordandcambridge.be. 2005-10-02. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  3. ↑ Bates, Stephen (13 May 1999). "The Hidden Holocaust". The Guardian.
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