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Jean Boyd: schoolteacher, educationalist and scholar of Northern Nigeria

Posted on 24 February 2026 by Royal Commonwealth Society

In late 2024, Cambridge University Library accepted a tranche of papers relating to the career of the schoolteacher, educationalist and scholar Jean Boyd (1934-2022) who […]

Acquisitions, Archives, Manuscripts, Royal Commonwealth Society, Special Collections

Papua New Guinea at 50: the papers of Francis West

Posted on 23 September 2025 by Royal Commonwealth Society

Earlier this month, on 16th September 2025, Papua New Guinea celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence. Prior to 1975, the Territory of Papua and […]

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