12 Facts About Michael Brock

Michael Brock was Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, from 1978 to 1988.

Michael Brock's parents were Sir Laurence Brock, a civil servant for the British government, and Margery.

Michael Brock had an older brother, Patrick, and younger sister, Janet.

Michael Brock rejoined Corpus Christi College in September 1945, but decided to study modern history instead of Classics, gaining a first class degree in 1948.

Michael Brock continued after 1948 at Corpus Christi College until 1966, serving as a junior research fellow, senior tutor, proctor, librarian, and dean.

Michael Brock then became Deputy President to Sir Isaiah Berlin at Wolfson College, a new graduate college at Oxford.

Michael Brock held a visiting professor position at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel.

On his to England, in 1977 Michael Brock briefly joined the University of Exeter to oversee a merger with St Luke's College of Education.

Michael Brock edited volumes 6 and 7 of The History of the University of Oxford, published by Oxford University Press.

In 1988, Michael Brock left Nuffield College to become Warden of St George's House at Windsor Castle for five years.

Michael Brock was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Michael Brock married Eleanor Morrison on 28 July 1949 in Dufftown, Scotland.