Background
Hair, Paul Edward Hedley was born on January 27, 1926 in Amble, Northumberland, Great Britain. Son of Thomas Edward Couchman and Florence (Hedley) Hair.
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Education
Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, England, 1956.
Career
Research fellow West African Iinst. Social and Economic Research, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1952-1955. Lecturer teacher training department Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1956-1959, history department, 1961-1963.
Senior lecturer history department University Khartoum, 1963-1965. Lecturer, senior lecturer, reader, professor history department University Liverpool, England, since 1965, professor modern history, 1979-1990, professor emeritus, honorary senior fellow, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Royal History Society. Member Fontes Historiae Africanae (committee of British Academy since 1985), Hakluyt Society (member council 1981-1984).
Connections
Married Margaret Robinson, December 5, 1959. Children: Christopher Edward Ajayi, Ruth Beatrice.
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Political Party
member Church of England.
Education
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1948
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1956