Background
SHANNON, Richard was born on June 10, 1931 in Suva, Fiji. Son of Edward Arthur Shannon and Grace Shannon (née McLeod).
SHANNON, Richard was born on June 10, 1931 in Suva, Fiji. Son of Edward Arthur Shannon and Grace Shannon (née McLeod).
M.T. Albert Grammar School, Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland University College, Gonville and Caius College Cambridge.
Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in History, University College Auckland 1955-1957, 196162. Lecturer in English History, University of East. Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom 1963-1965, Senior Lecturer 1965-1971, Reader 1971-1979. Professor, of Modem History, University College, of Swansea, Wales since 1979.
Visiting Fellow Peterhouse, Cambridge 89.
Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship 1988-1990.