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MA (St And), DPhil (Oxon)

Professor of History, University of Stirling

Sixteenth President of the Society, 1987-1990

Educated at St Andrews and Oxford, Prof Waddell subsequently was Lecturer at the University College of the West Indies, Jamaica before returning to Edinburgh University as Senior Lecturer and then, for a year, Head of the History Department at the University of Trinidad. In 1968, he was appointed the first Head of the History Department at the University of Stirling, a post he held with distinction for over 20 years.

Professor Waddell was the first professional historian to hold the office of President of the Society.

His main interest was the history of Latin America. He contributed to knowledge of the influence of yellow fever in the liberation of South America from Spanish colonial rule, writing extensively and contributing to Vol III of the Cambridge History of Latin America.