Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
NameSir Adam ROBERTS KCMG FBA 
, 9799
, 9799Birth1940
FatherWiliam Edward ROBERTS , 9795 (1902-1948)
MotherJanet (Buchanan) SMITH AKA ADAM -SMITH OBE , 9767 (1905-1999)
Notes for Sir Adam ROBERTS KCMG FBA
Professor of International Relations at Oxford University
Sir Adam Roberts, KCMG, FBA (b. 29 August 1940 in Penrith, England[1]) is President of the British Academy (2009 - ), the UK's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. He is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Oxford University, and an emeritus fellow of Balliol College.
Background
Roberts is the son of the poet and teacher Michael Roberts and the writer and editor Janet Adam Smith. He went to Westminster School, London, 1953-8. He studied Modern History at Oxford University (Magdalen College), 1959–62, winning the Stanhope Historical Essay Prize, 1961.
Career
Assistant Editor, Peace News, London, 1962–5. Noel Buxton Student in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 1965–8. Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1968-81. Alastair Buchan Reader in International Relations at Oxford University, 1981-6. Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at Oxford University, 1986-2007.
With interests in civil resistance, international law, the United Nations, and strategic studies, his publications include works on the United Nations and on Hugo Grotius jointly edited with Professor Benedict Kingsbury. Roberts was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1990. He served on the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (2002–08).[2] He is a member of the United Kingdom Defence Academy Advisory Board (2003 - ), and of the Council for Science and Technology (2010– ).
In 2002, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George for services to the study and practice of international relations.[2] He is an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics & Political Science, and of St Antony's College Oxford. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Social Science by King's College London in 2010. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 2011. His interests include mountaineering and cycling.
Sir Adam Roberts, KCMG, FBA (b. 29 August 1940 in Penrith, England[1]) is President of the British Academy (2009 - ), the UK's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. He is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Oxford University, and an emeritus fellow of Balliol College.
Background
Roberts is the son of the poet and teacher Michael Roberts and the writer and editor Janet Adam Smith. He went to Westminster School, London, 1953-8. He studied Modern History at Oxford University (Magdalen College), 1959–62, winning the Stanhope Historical Essay Prize, 1961.
Career
Assistant Editor, Peace News, London, 1962–5. Noel Buxton Student in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 1965–8. Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1968-81. Alastair Buchan Reader in International Relations at Oxford University, 1981-6. Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at Oxford University, 1986-2007.
With interests in civil resistance, international law, the United Nations, and strategic studies, his publications include works on the United Nations and on Hugo Grotius jointly edited with Professor Benedict Kingsbury. Roberts was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1990. He served on the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (2002–08).[2] He is a member of the United Kingdom Defence Academy Advisory Board (2003 - ), and of the Council for Science and Technology (2010– ).
In 2002, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George for services to the study and practice of international relations.[2] He is an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics & Political Science, and of St Antony's College Oxford. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Social Science by King's College London in 2010. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 2011. His interests include mountaineering and cycling.