Edwin Rich (historian)

Edwin Ernest Rich (born Bristol 4 August 1904; died: Heydon 7 July 1979) was a 20th-century historian.

Education
Rich was educated at Colston's School and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, from 1930 to 1957; Proctor of Cambridge University in 1939; Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History from 1951 to 1970; and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge from 1957 to 1973.