Malcolm Deas was an English historian specializing in the study of Latin America in general and Colombia in particular. He studied modern history at New College, Oxford, and went on to become a Fellow of All Souls College and St Antony's College. He taught at Oxford University for nearly five decades until his retirement in 2008. He was one of the key figures at the Latin American Centre in Oxford, founded by Sir Raymond Carr in the 1960s.
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