Edgar Trevor Williams

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BIOGRAPHY

Secretary, Rhodes Trust, 1959–80. Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford, 1968–80; Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, 1945–80. Editor, Dictionary of National Biography, 1949–80.

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Victoria

Victoria was the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) and empress of India (1876–1901). She was the last of the house of Hanover and gave her name to an era, the Victorian Age. During her reign the British monarchy took on its modern ceremonial character. She and her…