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About the Author

Robert (Lord) Blake was Provost of the Queen's College Oxford 1968-87 and pro-Vice Chancellor, Oxford University 1971-87. For ten years he was editor of The Dictionary of National Biography and has written many books. He was created a life peer in 1971.