Charles Townshend | |
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Born | Nottingham, England | 27 July 1945
Nationality | British |
Spouse |
Katherine Jane Lawley
(m. 1978) |
Children | 2 |
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Academic work | |
Discipline | Historian |
Institutions | Keele University (1987–2014) |
Charles Jeremy Nigel Townshend FBA (born 27 July 1945)[1][2] is a British historian. His most prominent field of research is the history of British rule in Ireland, but is also a historian of British influence and rule in the Middle East during and after World War I, the era of Mandatory Palestine, Mandatory Iraq, and the Emirate of Transjordan.