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Richard Pankhurst (Ethiopianist) was a British historian and scholar of Ethiopian studies. He was born in Woodford Green, Essex, England, on 3 December 1927. He was the son of Sylvia and Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst, a prominent British socialist and suffragette. Pankhurst was educated at the University of Oxford, where he studied modern history and graduated with a first-class degree in 1950. He then went on to pursue a doctorate in Ethiopian history at the University of London, which he completed in 1954. Pankhurst was a professor of Ethiopian studies at the University of Addis Ababa from 1954 to 1962. During this time, he wrote several books on Ethiopian history and culture, including The Ethiopian Royal Chronicles (1961) and The History of Ethiopia (1969). In 1962, Pankhurst returned to England and became a professor of Ethiopian studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He held this position until his retirement in 1992. Pankhurst was a prolific writer and published numerous books and articles on Ethiopian history and culture. He was also a founding member of the British Institute in Eastern Africa and the International Society for Ethiopian Studies. Pankhurst was awarded the Order of the Star of Ethiopia in 1962 and the Order of the British Empire in 1992. He died on 28 February 2018 at the age of 90.

Popular As Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst
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Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 3 December, 1927
Birthday 3 December
Birthplace Woodford Green, United Kingdom
Date of death (2017-02-16) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Died Place Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Nationality United Kingdom

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Parents Sylvia Pankhurst (mother) Silvio Corio (father)
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Children Alula (born 1962) Helen (born 1964)

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2017

Pankhurst died on 16 February 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the age of 89. Workneh Gebeyehu, the Ethiopian Foreign Minister described him as "one of Ethiopia's greatest friends". He was buried on 21 February at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa.

2008

Pankhurst led the campaign for the return of the Obelisk of Axum to Ethiopia. It was re-erected in Axum in 2008. For his efforts in this, he was given the honorary title "Dejazmach Benkirew" by the Union of Tigraians of North America. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Diplomatic Service and Overseas section of the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours "for services to Ethiopian studies".

1976

Pankhurst left the Institute and his professorship at what had become the University of Addis Ababa in 1976 after the death of Haile Selassie and the start of the Ethiopian Civil War. He returned to England, where he became a research fellow with the School of Oriental and African Studies and the London School of Economics, before working as librarian at the Royal Asiatic Society. He returned to Ethiopia in 1986, where he resumed research with the Institute. He published numerous books and articles on a wide variety of topics related to Ethiopian history.

1935

His mother, Sylvia Pankhurst, had been an active supporter of Ethiopian culture and independence since the Italian invasion in 1935, and Richard grew up knowing many Ethiopian refugees. Sylvia was a friend of Haile Selassie and published Ethiopia, a Cultural History in 1955. In 1956, she and Richard moved to Ethiopia. He began working at the University College of Addis Ababa, and in 1962 was the founding director of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies. He also edited the Journal of Ethiopian Studies and the Ethiopia Observer.

1927

Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst OBE (3 December 1927 – 16 February 2017) was a British-Ethiopian scholar, founding member of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, and former professor at the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. His books have been reviewed in scholarly journals, with Edward Ullendorff calling his The Ethiopians as another testimony to his "remarkable diligence and industry in the service of Ethiopian studies". He is known for his research on economic history and socio-cultural studies on Ethiopia.

Pankhurst was born in 1927 in Woodford Green to left communist and former suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst and Italian anarchist Silvio Corio. His maternal grandparents were Emmeline and Richard Pankhurst.

Pankhurst married Rita Eldon (1927–2019) in 1957 and they had a daughter, Helen Pankhurst, and a son, Alula Pankhurst, with whom he collaborated on at least one book.

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