Archive of Thomas Lionel Hodgkin

Collection

Memoranda, reports, and printed material relating to higher education in Ghana, particularly Hodgkin's service on the Commission on University Education in Ghana, 1960-1961; some similar material relating to Nigeria.

Dates

Creation: 1930-1968

Extent

0.21 linear metres (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Afr. s. 2169/1, folder 1, fols. 1-2].

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MSS. Afr. s. 2169/1-3

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 2411

Additional Description

Abstract

Archive of Thomas Lionel Hodgkin relating to higher education in Ghana and Nigeria.

Biographical / Historical

Brief career details:

Educated: Winchester College, Balliol College, Magdalen College
Married, 1937, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot (Professor Dorothy Hodgkin)
1934-1936: Assistant. Secretary, Palestine Civil Service
1937-1939: Education Officer, Cumberland Friends' Unemployment Committee
1939-1945: Staff Tutor in North Staffordshire, Oxford University Tutorial Classes Committee
1945-1952: Secretary to the Oxford Delegacy for Extra-Mural Studies, and Fellow of Balliol
1957: Visiting Lecturer, Northwestern University, Illinois
1958: Visiting Lecturer, University College of Ghana
1958-1961: Research Associate, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal
1962-1965: Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
1965-1970: Lecturer in Government of New States, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Balliol.