Michael Howard#


Michael Howard
Sadly, this member passed away.
Membership Number:1603
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY
Elected:1994
Main Country of Residence:UNITED KINGDOM

Michael Howard passed away November 29, 2019.

Positions Held
  • Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College
  • Chichele Professor of the History of War
  • Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University
  • Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University
  • Founder of the Department of War Studies, King's College London
  • One of the founders of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and President Emeritus

Fields of Scholarship
  • Military history

Honours and Awards
  • 1944 Military Cross (MC)
  • 1977 appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1977 Birthday Honours
  • 1986 appointed Knight Bachelor in the 1986 Birthday Honours
  • 1988 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences
  • 1992 Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime achievement given by the Society for Military History
  • 2002 Order of the British Empire (CBE)
  • 2012 Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) for services to military studies in the 2002 Birthday Honours
  • 2005 Order of Merit (OM)
  • Memberships
    • British Academy (FBA)
    • Royal Historical Society (FRHistS)
    • Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
    • American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Foreign Member)
  • Prizes and Awards
    • 1962 Duff Cooper Prize
    • 1972 Wolfson History Prize
    • 1973 Chesney Memorial Gold Medal, Royal United Services Institute
    • 1989 NATO Atlantic Award
    • 1992 Samuel Eliot Morison Prize, Society for Military History
    • 1994 Paul H. Nitze Award, Center for Naval Analysis
    • 2002 The political book, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
  • 1979 Hon. LittD, University of Leeds
  • 1988 Hon. DLitt, Universität London
  • 1990 Hon. Student, Christ Church der University of Oxford
  • 1990 Hon. Fellow, Oriel College der University of Oxford
  • 2014 Hon. Fellow, All Souls College der University of Oxford


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