Walter Adams (historian)

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Sir Walter Adams OBE, 1945; CMG, 1952; Kt, 1970; (1906-1975); was a historian and educationalist of his era. Educated at University College London he became a Lecturer in History at UCL (1926-1934).

He was a Rockefeller Fellow in USA, (1929-1930); the Organising Secretary, Second International Congress of the History of Science and Technology, (1931); the Secretary, Academic Assistance Council, (1933-1938); Secretary, London School of Economics, (1938-1946); Deputy Head, British Political Warfare Mission, USA, (1942-1944); Assistant Deputy Director-General, Political Intelligence Department, Foreign Office, (1945); Secretary, Inter-University Council for Higher Education in the Colonies, (1946-1955); Principal, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, (1955-1967); Director, London School of Economics, (1967-1974).

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