Keith A. P. Sandiford

Keith Arlington Patrick Sandiford GCM (born 2 March 1936) is a Barbadian-born Canadian historian. He has been professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba since 2002.

Life and career Sandiford was born in Barbados and educated at Combermere School in Bridgetown. He received a BA from the University College of West Indies in 1960, an MA from the University of Toronto in 1961, and a PhD from the University of Toronto in 1966. He married Lorraine Small in 1963, and they have two children.

Sandiford taught history at the University of Manitoba from 1966 to 1998, chaired the Teaching Advisory Committee from 1986 to 1993, and has been professor emeritus since 2002. He received the Gold Crown of Merit from the Government of Barbados in 2004. He specialises in social history of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a particular interest in the importance of cricket in society. He says: "Having visited several parts of the Commonwealth in the twentieth century, I remain convinced that Bradman, Grace, and Sobers are immeasurably more important in the overall scheme of things than Disraeli, Gladstone, and Palmerston."