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'''Margaret Olwen MacMillan''' is a [[transatlantic]] Canadian historian. For MacMillan, an historian of the [[British Empire]], "a love of imperial history is bred in the bone".<ref name=intro>https://www.stfx.ca/department/political-science/introduction-dr-margaret-macmillan</ref>
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From 1995 to 2003, MacMillan co-edited the International Journal, published by the [[Canadian Institute of International Affairs]]. She attended four Bilderberg meetings between 1998 and 2003.
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==Background==
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Her grandmother was the eldest daughter of [[David Lloyd George]], Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1916 to 1922.
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Born in [[Toronto]] during the [[Second World War]], MacMillan was raised in a [[transatlantic]] household where the emotional connection with [[Great Britain]] and the [[British Empire]] was very real. Her father was a [[University of Toronto]]-trained medical doctor of [[Scottish]] lineage, while her mother was the product of a childhood spent partly in [[British India|India]] where her father was one-time physician to the Viceroy, [[Lord Reading]].<ref name=intro/>
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==Education==
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In the early 1960s, after an education at schools in both Canada and England, MacMillan attended Trinity College at the [[University of Toronto]], then to Oxford, where she pursued her studies first at [[St Hilda's College (Oxford)|St. Hilda’s College]] and later [[St Antony's College (Oxford)|St. Antony’s College]].<ref name=intro/>
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==Academic career==
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From 1975 to 2002, she was a professor of history at Ryerson University in Toronto, including five years as department chair.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110520092234/http://www.international.gc.ca/department/skelton_clf1/macmillan-bio-en.asp</ref> She was Provost of Trinity College, Toronto from 2002 to 2007. From 2007 to 2017, she was Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford,<ref name="St Antony's">https://web.archive.org/web/20080915201448/http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/people/warden.html</ref> and Professor of International History at the University of Oxford.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/25/margaret-macmillan-just-dont-ask-me-who-started-war </ref> In December 2017, she became an honorary fellow at [[Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford]].<ref>http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-margaret-macmillan-elected-lmh-honorary-fellow</ref>
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MacMillan's research has focused on the [[British Empire]] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and on [[international relations]] in the 20th century.
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MacMillan has sat on the boards of the Canadian Institute for International Affairs, the [[the Atlantic Council of Canada|Atlantic Council of Canada]], the [[Ontario Heritage Foundation]], [[Historica]] and the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy (Canada). She is a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Literature]], an Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford and a Senior Fellow of [[Massey College]], University of Toronto. She has honorary degrees from the [[University of King's College]], the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] and Ryerson University, Toronto.
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==Activities==
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MacMillan has co-edited books dealing with Canada's international relations, including with [[NATO]], and with Canadian–[[Australian]] relations.
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She is the author of a book on the [[Versailles Treaty]] ''Paris, 1919: Six Months that Changed the World'', ''The War that Ended Peace: The Road to 1914,'' and ''History’s People: Personalities and the Past.''<ref>https://sais.jhu.edu/news-press/johns-hopkins-sais-scholar-margaret-macmillan-awarded-2018-symons-medal</ref>
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From 1995 to 2003, MacMillan co-edited the International Journal, published by the [[Canadian Institute of International Affairs]].
 
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Person.png Margaret MacMillan   Amazon C-SPAN NNDB Website WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(historian, academic)
Margaret MacMillan.jpg
BornMargaret Olwen MacMillan
1943-12-23
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Alma materSt Hilda's College (Oxford), St Antony's College (Oxford), University of Toronto
Member ofGlobal Commission for Post-Pandemic Policy, Königswinter/Speakers
RelativesDan Snow
Canadian multi-Bilderberger and staunch transatlantic historian

Employment.png Professor of history

In office
1975 - 2002
EmployerRyerson University
Bilderberger

Margaret Olwen MacMillan is a transatlantic Canadian historian. For MacMillan, an historian of the British Empire, "a love of imperial history is bred in the bone".[1]

From 1995 to 2003, MacMillan co-edited the International Journal, published by the Canadian Institute of International Affairs. She attended four Bilderberg meetings between 1998 and 2003.

Background

Her grandmother was the eldest daughter of David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1916 to 1922.

Born in Toronto during the Second World War, MacMillan was raised in a transatlantic household where the emotional connection with Great Britain and the British Empire was very real. Her father was a University of Toronto-trained medical doctor of Scottish lineage, while her mother was the product of a childhood spent partly in India where her father was one-time physician to the Viceroy, Lord Reading.[1]

Education

In the early 1960s, after an education at schools in both Canada and England, MacMillan attended Trinity College at the University of Toronto, then to Oxford, where she pursued her studies first at St. Hilda’s College and later St. Antony’s College.[1]

Academic career

From 1975 to 2002, she was a professor of history at Ryerson University in Toronto, including five years as department chair.[2] She was Provost of Trinity College, Toronto from 2002 to 2007. From 2007 to 2017, she was Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford,[3] and Professor of International History at the University of Oxford.[4] In December 2017, she became an honorary fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.[5]

MacMillan's research has focused on the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and on international relations in the 20th century.

MacMillan has sat on the boards of the Canadian Institute for International Affairs, the Atlantic Council of Canada, the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Historica and the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy (Canada). She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford and a Senior Fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto. She has honorary degrees from the University of King's College, the Royal Military College of Canada and Ryerson University, Toronto.

Activities

MacMillan has co-edited books dealing with Canada's international relations, including with NATO, and with Canadian–Australian relations.

She is the author of a book on the Versailles Treaty Paris, 1919: Six Months that Changed the World, The War that Ended Peace: The Road to 1914, and History’s People: Personalities and the Past.[6]

From 1995 to 2003, MacMillan co-edited the International Journal, published by the Canadian Institute of International Affairs.

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/199814 May 199817 May 1998Scotland
Turnberry		The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington
Bilderberg/19993 June 19996 June 1999Portugal
Sintra		The 47th Bilderberg, 111 participants
Bilderberg/200124 May 200127 May 2001Sweden
Stenungsund		The 49th Bilderberg, in Sweden. Reported on the WWW.
Bilderberg/200315 May 200318 May 2003France
Versailles		The 51st Bilderberg, in Versailles, France
Halifax International Security Forum/201717 November 201719 November 2017Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia		Spooky conference in Canada
WEF/Annual Meeting/201717 January 201720 January 2017World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
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References

  1. ↑ a b c https://www.stfx.ca/department/political-science/introduction-dr-margaret-macmillan
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110520092234/http://www.international.gc.ca/department/skelton_clf1/macmillan-bio-en.asp
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080915201448/http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/people/warden.html
  4. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/25/margaret-macmillan-just-dont-ask-me-who-started-war
  5. ↑ http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-margaret-macmillan-elected-lmh-honorary-fellow
  6. ↑ https://sais.jhu.edu/news-press/johns-hopkins-sais-scholar-margaret-macmillan-awarded-2018-symons-medal
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