Edwin Rich (historian)

Edwin Ernest Rich^[1] (born Bristol 4 August 1904; died: Heydon 7 July 1979)^[2] was a 20th-century historian.^[3]

Edwin Ernest Rich
Born	4 August 1904 Bristol, England
Died	7 July 1979 Heydon, England
Occupation	Historian

Education

Rich was educated at Colston's School and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, from 1930 to 1957; Proctor of Cambridge University in 1939;^[4] Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History from 1951 to 1970; and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge^[5] from 1957 to 1973.^[6]

External links

• McGill University: E. E. Rich (1964). Lectures - Montreal and the Fur Trade.

References

1. NPG details
2. World Cat
3. Amongst others he wrote "The Staple Court Books of Bristol", 1934; "Ordinances of the Merchants of the Staple", 1935; "The Hudson's Bay Company, 1670–1870", 1959; " Montreal and the Fur Trade", 1966; and "The Fur Trade and the Northwest", 1967 > British Library web site accessed 14 December 2018
4. University web-site
5. Masters of St Catherine's
6. "Daly, Henry Varian". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 December 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)