Glyn Stone

Who is Glyn Stone?

Glyn Stone is Professor of International History at the University of the West of England. He gained a BA degree at the University of Lancaster in 1970, an MA History at the University of Sussex in 1971, and his PhD at London School of Economics and Political Science in 1986. He became a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1995. He became a lecturer at Bristol Polytechnic, the precursor of UWE in 1972 and became Dean of the Faculty of Humanities in 2000 until its merger with Social Sciences and Languages in 2003.

Stone has focused his research in the area of Anglo-French and Anglo-Portuguese relations before, during and after the Second World War and has a particular interest in the international politics of the Spanish Civil War. He is currently researching British arms sales diplomacy in Europe, 1935–1940 and Britain and Portuguese Africa, 1961-1975.