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British historian
Colin Matthew
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Born
| Henry Colin Gray Matthew
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1941-01-15
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15 January 1941
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Died
| 29 October 1999
(1999-10-29)
(aged 58)
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Education
| Edinburgh Academy
,
Sedbergh
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Occupation
| historian & academic
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Spouse
| Sue Ann Curry
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Henry Colin Gray Matthew
(15 January 1941 ? 29 October 1999) was a British historian and academic. He was an editor of the
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
and editor of the diaries of
William Ewart Gladstone
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Early life
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Matthew was born in
Inverness
on 15 January 1941. He was educated at
Edinburgh Academy
and later at the English
public school
,
Sedbergh
. He proceeded to
Christ Church
in the
University of Oxford
in 1960 to read Modern History. He graduated
Bachelor of Arts
(BA) in 1963.
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Academic career
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In 1963, Matthew moved to work as a teacher in what is now
Tanzania
in
East Africa
, where he met his American wife Sue Ann Curry (born 1941).
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They moved to
Oxford
in 1966, where they married. Matthew began first an uncompleted diploma in politics and economics, and then a doctorate on the
imperial wing
of the
Liberal Party
in the 1890s and 1900s, completed in 1970.
In 1970, Matthew was appointed
lecturer
in Gladstone studies at Christ Church, a post tied to the assistant editorship of the Gladstone Diaries, then being prepared for publication by
M. R. D. Foot
. In 1972 Matthew succeeded Foot as the sole editor, and completed the project. In 1978 Matthew was elected fellow and tutor in modern history at
St Hugh's College, Oxford
.
When
Oxford University Press
proposed a revision of the
Dictionary of National Biography
in the early 1990s, Matthew's work on the Gladstone Diaries recommended him for the position. He began work in 1992 and devised the editorial structure and guidelines for the dictionary, as well as writing or revising several hundred articles for the work.
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Matthew died from a
heart attack
in Oxford on 29 October 1999. The dictionary was published in 2004 following Matthew's plan.
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