John D. Hargreaves

John Desmond Hargreaves (25 January 1924 – 14 February 2015) was the Burnett-Fletcher Professor of History at the University of Aberdeen.

Hargreaves was noted for his work on the history of Africa; its colonisation and de-colonisation. His career at Aberdeen began in 1954 when he was appointed as a lecturer in History. Hargreaves received his chair in 1962.

Hargreaves went part-time in 1982 and retired in 1985. A Festschrift was produced in his honour.

Hargreaves died on 14 February 2015 at the age of 91.

Selected publications Hargreaves, John D. Prelude to the Partition of West Africa, London, Macmillan (1963). Hargreaves, John D. West Africa: The Former French States, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall (1967). Hargreaves, John D. West Africa Partitioned: The Loaded Pause, 1885-89. Vol. 1, London, Macmillan (1974). Hargreaves, John D. The End of Colonial Rule in West Africa, London, The Historical Association (1976). Hargreaves, John D. The End of Colonial Rule in West Africa: Essays in Contemporary History, London, Macmillan (1979). Hargreaves, John D. West Africa Partitioned: The Elephants and the Grass. Vol. 2, London, Macmillan (1985). Hargreaves, John D. Decolonization in Africa, London, Longman (1988; 2nd ed. 1996).

Festschrift Bridges, Roy (1999) Imperialism, Decolonization and Africa: Studies Presented to John Hargreaves (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series) Basingstoke : Macmillan