Background
Robert Arthur (Robin) Humphreys was born on June 6, 1907, in Lincoln, England.
Robert Arthur (Robin) Humphreys was born on June 6, 1907, in Lincoln, England.
Humphreys was educated at Lincoln Grammar School and graduated at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Humphreys lectured at the University College in London. He expanded his interest in American history to included Latin American studies. The author continued to teach at the University College after the Second World War and in 1965, was appointed to head the new Institute for Latin American Studies at the University of London.