C. Μ. Woodhouse (1917-2001) graduated from Oxford University in 1938. Ιn the Second World War he served in the campaigns in Greece and Crete, and in the Greek Resistance under enemy occupation. After the war he worked in industry and for the Foreign Office, and in 1959 he entered the House of Commons as Μ.Ρ. for Oxford (was elected between 1959-1966 and 1970-1974). The author of many books οη Greek themes (among which: "Apple of Discord: A Survey of Recent Greek Politics in Their International Setting", 1948; "The Struggle for Greece, 1941 - 1949", 1976; "The Rise and Fall of the Greek Colonels", 1985; "George Gemistos Plethon: The Last of the Hellenes", 1986; "Rhigas Velestinlis: The Proto-Martyr of the Greek Revolution", 1995, and "Modern Greece: A Short History", 1999), he has been a visiting professor in modern Greek at King΄s College, London University, a visiting fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, and an honorary fellow οf New College, Oxford. He was a corresponding member of the Academy οf Athens and an honorary member οf the Greek Sacred Squadron.