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.

David Dilks
6th Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Hull
In office
1991–1999
Preceded bySir William Taylor
Succeeded byDavid Drewry
Personal details
Born17 March 1938 (age 82)
Foleshill, West Midlands, England
Alma materHertford College, Oxford (BA)

Early life and education

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.

Career

He remained in Oxford to do research at St Antony's College before becoming research assistant to Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan.[1] He was the official biographer of the latter as well as producing a two-volume biography of the viceroy of India, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston,[2] and a biography of Neville Chamberlain.[3]

In 1977 he became a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

Professor Dilks became Vice Chancellor of the University of Hull in 1991, serving until 1999.[4]

Selected works
  • Dilks, David (1969–70). Curzon in India. 2 vols., Hart-Davis.
  • Dilks, David (1984). Neville Chamberlain: Volume 1, 1869-1929. Cambridge University Press.

References
  1. Hodges, Lucy (7 August 1997), "A-Z of Universities: Hull", The Independent
  2. Plumb, J. H. (4 October 1970), "The Viceroy and the General; Curzon In India", The New York Times.
  3. "The Man Who Trusted Hitler", The New York Times, 17 February 1985
  4. "On the move", Times Higher Education, 11 June 1999


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