Robin Darwall-Smith
Robin Haydon Darwall-Smith is a British archivist, based in Oxford and associated with several Oxford University College archives.
Robin Darwall-Smith studied classics at University College, Oxford under George Cawkwell, as an undergraduate and postgraduate. He then trained as an archivist at the University of Liverpool. While at Oxford, Darwall-Smith represented University College on the television quiz show University Challenge in 1987, reaching the series final.
Darwall-Smith has been an archivist for Jesus College, Magdalen College, and University College at Oxford.
Robin Darwall-Smith was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2009 and of the Royal Historical Society in 2010. He appeared on the television documentary series Ian Hislop's Olden Days in 2014.
Selected books
Robin Darwall-Smith has written a number of books, including:- The Jowett papers: A summary catalogue of the papers of Benjamin Jowett at Balliol College, Oxford. Balliol College Library, 1993.
- Emperors and Architecture: A Study of Flavian Rome, Peeters. 1996.
- Account Rolls of University College, Oxford, Vol I , John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
- Account Rolls of University College, Oxford, Vol II , Oxford Historical Society, 2001.
- The Architectural Drawings of Magdalen College: A Catalogue, Oxford University Press, 2002.
- A History of University College, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Early Records of University College, Oxford Historical Society, 2015.
- History of Universities, volume XXXV/1, Oxford University Press, 2022.
- Music in Twentieth-Century Oxford: New Directions, Boydell Press, 2023.