Chris Williams (historian)

Christopher Mark Williams FLSW FRHS (9 March 1963 – 4 April 2024) was a Welsh academic, best known for his work on editing the diaries of Richard Burton.

[2] Williams was a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, and obtained his doctorate from Cardiff University before becoming a lecturer there.

Williams was appointed Head of the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences in 2017 at UCC.

[6] Williams' edition of the Burton diaries was published by Yale University Press.

A keen walker, he climbed La Breche De Rolland in the French Pyrenees, Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Pen-y-Fan.