Anthony Kirk-Greene

Anthony Hamilton Millard Kirk-Greene (16 May 1925 – 8 July 2018) was a British scholar known for his works on 20th century British colonial history. He was a fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, where he was lecturer in the modern history of Africa from 1967 to 1992. He was president of the African Studies Association of the UK from 1988 to 1990 and vice-president of the Royal African Society.

Biography
Greene was born in Tunbridge Wells in May 1925. He served as a Captain from 1943 to 1947 in the Indian Army during Britain's World War II effort. He later graduated from Cambridge University in 1950 and in 1954 with Bachelor and Masters of Arts degrees. He also obtained a Master of Arts from Oxford University in 1967.

Greene was Senior district commissioner and Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1950–1960. He was a senior lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University from 1961 to 1965. From 1967 to 1981 he was professor of history at St Antony's College, Oxford. He was adjunct professor from 1992 to 1999 at the Stanford Program at Oxford. He died in Oxford on 8 July 2018 at the age of 93.

Selected works
 This is Northern Nigeria : background to an invitation. (1956)
 The capitals of Northern Nigeria. (1957)
 Adamawa, past and present; an historical approach to the development of a northern Cameroons province. (1958) 
 Maiduguri and the capitals of Bornu. Maiduguri da manyan biranen Barno. (1958)
 The principles of native administration in Nigeria; selected documents, 1900-1947. (1965)
 Hausa ba dabo ba ne; a collection of 500 proverbs. (1966) 
 A modern Hausa reader. With Yahaya Aliyu. (1967)
 West African travels and adventures; two autobiographical narratives from Northern Nigeria. (1971) 
 Crisis and conflict in Nigeria: a documentary sourcebook. (1971) 
 The genesis of the Nigerian civil war and the theory of fear. (1975) 
 A biographical dictionary of the British colonial governor. (1980) 
 "Stay by your radios" : documentation for a study of military government in tropical Africa. (1981) 
 Nigeria since 1970 : a political and economic outline. (1981) 
 A biographical dictionary of the British Colonial Service, 1939-1966. (1991) 
 On crown service : a history of HM colonial and overseas civil services, 1837-1997. (1999) 
 Britain's imperial administrators, 1858-1966.  (2000) 
 Symbol of authority : the British district officer in Africa. (2006) 
 Glimpses of empire : a Corona anthology. (2012) 
 Aspects of empire : a second Corona anthology. (2012)

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Category:Ahmadu Bello University faculty
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Category:Historians of Nigeria