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W.K. Hancock

Born

in Melbourne, Australia

June 26, 1898

Died

August 13, 1988

Genre

History, Biography

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A distinguished historian of Australia, William Keith Hancock was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and later the University of Melbourne where he was resident at Trinity College from 1917. As the Australia-at-large Rhodes Scholar for 1921, Hancock went to Balliol College, Oxford in 1922. He graduated in 1924 with a Bachelor of Arts with first class honours in Modern History. He then became the first Australian to gain a Fellowship of All Souls College, Oxford in 1923. After returning to Australia he was Professor of Modern History at the University of Adelaide between 1924 and 1933.

From 1934 to 1944 Hancock was the Professor of History at University of Birmingham and during this war period was also appointed to the War Cabinet Offices. ...more

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W.K. Hancock’s books

Average rating: 3.8 · 25 ratings · 6 reviews · 46 distinct works

	Smuts, Vol. 1: The Sanguine Years, 1870-1919 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1962 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discovering Monaro: A Study of Man's Impact on his Environment 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smuts, Vol. 2: Fields of Force, 1919–1950 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1968 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Australia liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1930 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Survey of British Commonwealth Affairs: Volume I: Problems of Nationality 1918-1936 by W.K. Hancock, R.T.E. Latham (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1937	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selections from the Smuts Papers: Volume 1, June 1886-May 1902 by W.K. Hancock (Editor), Jean van der Poel (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Today, yesterday and tomorrow (The 1973 Boyer lectures) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Country and Calling: really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1978 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The British War Economy by W.K. Hancock, Margaret Gowing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1949 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Studies of War and Peace in this Century really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars