Robert Arthur HumphreysOBE (1907–1999), known asRobin Humphreys, was a British historian, the first professor ofLatin American studies in the United Kingdom, and the founder of theInstitute of Latin American Studies atUniversity College London. His books cover the emancipation of South America, British diplomacy in Central America, and the evolution of modern Latin America.^[1][2]

Born on 6 June 1907, Humphreys was educated atLincoln Grammar School andgraduated fromPeterhouse, Cambridge. In 1934 he was appointed assistant lecturer in American history atUniversity College London (UCL).

During theSecond World War Humphreys worked at theBritish Foreign Office in a research capacity.

After the war he returned to UCL and was promoted toreader, becoming, in 1948, the UK's firstprofessor of Latin American history.^[1]

In 1965 Humphreys was the founding Director of theUniversity of London'sInstitute of Latin American Studies, a position he held until 1974. From 1965 to 1969 he also served as the President of theRoyal Historical Society.^[1]

He died on 2 May 1999 aged 91.^[2]

• British Consular Reports on the Trade and Politics of Latin America, 1824-1826 (1940)^[3]
• Latin America (1941)
• "The Study of Latin-American History in England"^[4]
• William Robertson and his History of America (1954)
• "William Hickling Prescott: The Man and the Historian" (1959)^[5]
• Tradition and Revolt in Latin America, and other essays (1969) Bloomsbury Publishing Plc^[2]
• Latin America and the Second World War (2 vols., 1981–82)^[6][2]
  • Volume 1: 1939 - 1942, Bloomsbury Academic,ISBN 978-1-47428-822-4
  • Volume 2: 1942 - 1945, Bloomsbury Academic,ISBN 978-1-47428-825-5

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