Background
Chadwick, Owen was born on May 20, 1916 in Bromley, Kent, England. Son of John and Edith (Horrocks) Chadwick.
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Chadwick, Owen was born on May 20, 1916 in Bromley, Kent, England. Son of John and Edith (Horrocks) Chadwick.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1939. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Cambridge University, England. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Bristol University.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), London University. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Columbia University. Doctor of Letters (honorary), East Anglia University.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Kent, England. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Leeds University, England. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Oxford University.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), St. Andrews University. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Wales University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Aberdeen University.
Fellow, Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1947-1956. Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge 1956-1983, Fellow since 1983. Dixie Professor, of Ecclesiastical History, Cambridge University 1958-1968, Regius Professor, of Modem History 1968-1983.
Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University 1969-1971.
President British Academy 1981-1985. Chancellor University of East. Anglia since 1985.
Chair, of Trustees, National Portrait Gallery" since 1988.
American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
Married Ruth Hallward, December 28, 1949. Children: Charles, Stephen, Helen, Andre.