Walter Adams (historian)
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University College London
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and was a Lecturer in History there between 1926-1934.
Notable milestones in Adams' life include:
- a Rockefeller Fellow in the USA, (1929-1930);
- the Organising Secretary, Second International Congress of the History of Science and Technology, (1931);
- the Secretary, Academic Assistance Council, (1933-1938); Secretary, London School of EconomicsLondon School of EconomicsThe London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, (1938-1946); - the Deputy Head of British Political Warfare Mission, USA, (1942-1944);
- the Assistant Deputy Director-General of the Political Intelligence Department, Foreign Office, (1945);
- the Secretary of the Inter-University Council for Higher Education in the Colonies, (1946-1955);
- Principal, College of Rhodesia and NyasalandUniversity of ZimbabweThe University of Zimbabwe in Harare, is the oldest and largest university in Zimbabwe. It was founded through a special relationship with the University of London and it opened its doors to its first students in 1952. The university has ten faculties offering a wide variety of degree programmes...
, (1955-1967); - Director, London School of EconomicsLondon School of EconomicsThe London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, (1967-1974).