Barbara Emerson
| Barbara Emerson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | St. Hilda's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Historian and Biographer |
| Notable work | Leopold II of the Belgians: King of Colonialism |
Dr. Barbara Emerson is an English historian and biographer, known for her biography of King Leopold II of Belgium. She is also a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford.
Emerson received her degree from St Hilda's College, Oxford where she later taught.
She was highly critical of Adam Hochschild's book King Leopold's Ghost, rebuking it in The Guardian as "a very shoddy piece of work."
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