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
