Kenneth Robert Maxwell (born 3 February 1941) is a British historian of Iberia and Latin America, educated at St John's College, Cambridge University, where he studied under Professor Sir Harry Hinsley, Ronald Robinson, Edward Miller, and Jonathan Steinberg (1960-1963).
In September 1964 he entered the graduate program in Latin American History at Princeton University where his supervisor was Professor Stanley Stein.
He was a weekly columnist for the Folha de São Paulo (2005-2015) and O Globo (2015- ) and has written for the New York Review of Books and other publications.
He donated his collection of books on Brazil, Portugal and Latin America to the Library of St. John's College, Cambridge University.
On June 5, 2024, The Federal University of Sergipe in Brazil awarded Professor Kenneth Maxwell a doutor honoris causa[2]